Studies in Byzantine Sigillography
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Studies in Byzantine Sigillography, vol. 15
- Pages: approx. 200 p.
- Size:156 x 234 mm
- Illustrations:38 b/w
- Language(s):English, French, German
- Publication Year:2026
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- ISBN: 978-2-503-62611-6
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Studies in Byzantine Sigillography 15 presents new and reinterpreted material that highlights the ongoing vitality of sigillographic research.
BIO
The authors are primarily sigillographers, but also historians, archaeologists and numismatists.
Summary
Studies in Byzantine Sigillography 15 brings together a wide range of contributions that highlight the vitality and continued relevance of sigillographic research. The volume presents the systematic publication and analysis of previously unpublished seals from public and private collections, as well as material from the antiquities market, offering new evidence for the study of Byzantine administration, prosopography, and historical geography. Alongside these studies, several contributions revisit known corpora, applying new methodological approaches to refine existing interpretations and address longstanding questions. By combining new discoveries with critical re-examination, the volume demonstrates how Byzantine sigillography continues to expand the evidentiary base of Byzantine studies and to shed light on individuals, institutions, and networks otherwise absent from written sources. As such, it reaffirms the central role of seals as primary historical documents and underscores the field’s enduring contribution to the broader understanding of Byzantine society and its structures.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword
Abbreviations
ARTICLES
Gert Boersema, A Dutch Collection of Late Antique and Early Christian Lead Seals – Part II
Vera Bulgurlu, Seals from the Private Collection of Altan Tokgöz, İzmir
Jean Claude Cheynet, Un usage pertinent des statistiques est il possible dans les études sigillographiques ?
Nilgün Elam & Christos Malatras, The Byzantine Lead Seals of a Private Collection from Ankara
Eugenia Gerousi, Lead Seals from the Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum
Andreas Gkoutzioukostas & Alexandra Kyriaki Wassiliou Seibt, Remarks on Seals Found Along the Danube (7th–9th c.)
Sima Meiziridou & Numa Buchs, The Evolution of the Imperial Imagery on Byzantine Seals (10th–13th c.): Legitimacy, Collegiality and Ruptures
Christos Tsatsoulis, Some Preliminary Thoughts on the Role and Functions of the Komes of the Stables in the Byzantine Administration (8th–11th c.)
Alexandra Kyriaki Wassiliou Seibt, Realia prosopographica: Rares und Unbekanntes aus dem digitalen „Siegelbazar“
NOTES
Werner Seibt, Theodoros Matzaris – ein ungarischer Adeliger mit Verbindungen zu Byzanz (11. Jh.)
Michael Grünbart, Converting Value: A Lead Tessera Turns into Four Coins
Werner Seibt, Nikephoros, Strategos Abaras
INDEXES
Index of Proper Names and Terms
Index of Iconography
Index of Metrical Inscriptions
