The sections begin with a short essay on the region's location and history. Each seal is illustrated and is accompanied-where appropriate-by full commentary regarding the specimen's date, biographical information on its owner, peculiarities of orthography, and special features of iconography. These small seals are a large contribution to historical geography, the evolution of the Byzantine provincial administration, prosopography, development in the Greek language,and decorative vogues.

John Nesbitt is Research Associate for Byzantine Sigillography at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection.

Read More by John Nesbitt:

• Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, 2, South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor
• Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, 3, West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient
• Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, 4, The East
• Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, 5, The East (continued): Constantinople and Environs, Unknown Locations, Addenda, Uncertain Readings
• Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Volume 6: Emperors, Patriarchs of Constantinople, Addenda

Read More by Nicolas Oikonomides:

• Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, 2, South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor
• Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, 3, West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient
• Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, 4, The East
• Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, 5, The East (continued): Constantinople and Environs, Unknown Locations, Addenda, Uncertain Readings
• Byzantine Lead Seals
• A Collection of Dated Byzantine Lead Sales