The Religious Figural Imagery of Byzantine Lead Seals I: Studies on the Image of Christ, the Virgin and Narrative Scenes

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Cover Half Title Series Title Copyright Dedication Contents List of figures List of graphs List of tables Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Part I Imperial & patriarchal seals 1 To invoke or not to invoke the image of Christ on Byzantine lead seals – that is the question 2 The imagery of Patriarch Methodios I’s lead seals and the new world order of ninth-century Byzantium 3 The imagery of Patriarch Ignatios’s lead seals and the rota fortunae of ninth-century Byzantine ecclesio-political policies 4 A seal of Patriarch Nicholas II Part II Various rare images of the Virgin on seals 5 The Virgin with the “Tongues of Fire” on Byzantine lead seals 6 The Virgin and Justinian on seals of the Ekklesiekdikoi of Hagia Sophia 7 The Virgin Aigyptia (the Egyptian) on a Byzantine Lead Seal of Attaleia 8 The image of the Virgin Nursing (Galaktotrophousa) and a unique inscription on the seals of Romanos, metropolitan of Kyzikos 9 The Virgin Lysiponos (“the Deliverer from Pain”) on a Byzantine lead seal and the transformation of a marian epithet Part III Narrative scenes on seals 10 Narrative scenes on Byzantine lead seals (sixth-twelfth centuries): frequency, iconography and clientele 11 An early Byzantine lead seal with the image of the incredulity of Thomas Addenda & Corrigenda Index