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Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, 7

Anonymous, with Bilateral Religious Imagery

Edited by John A. Cotsonis

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$65.00 • £56.95 • €59.95

ISBN 9780884024729

Publication Date: 12/14/2020

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  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations of Works Cited
  • Critical Signs and General Abbreviations
  • Introduction
    • 1. Why Anonymous Seals with Bilateral Religious Images?
    • 2. The Corpus and Its Relationship to Byzantine Seals in General
    • 3. “Selectivity”
    • 4. Iconographic Types and Their Distribution
    • 5. Determining Obverse and Reverse
    • 6. Organizing Principles of the Catalogue Entries
    • 7. Dating
    • 8. Historical Trends
    • 9. Case Studies
  • I. Christ or Narrative Scene
    • 1. Obverse: Christ
    • 2. Obverse: A Narrative Scene
  • II. The Virgin
    • 3. Obverse: Bust of the Virgin without Her Hands Showing
    • 4. Obverse: The Virgin with Her Hands Raised before Her
      • A. Reverse: Archangel Michael
      • B. Reverse: John the Baptist
      • C. Reverse: A Church Hierarch
      • D. Reverse: A Military Saint
      • E. Reverse: Various Other Saints
      • F. Reverse: The Cross
    • 5. Obverse: The Virgin Orans
      • A. Reverse: The Virgin
      • B. Reverse: Archangel Michael
      • C. Reverse: John the Baptist
      • D. Reverse: An Apostle
      • E. Reverse: A Church Hierarch
      • F. Reverse: A Military Saint
      • G. Reverse: Various Other Saints
      • H. Reverse: An Uncertain Saint
      • I. Reverse: The Cross
      • J. Reverse: A Blank
    • 6. Obverse: The Virgin Turned in Prayer
    • 7. Obverse: The Virgin with Christ Held before Her
    • 8. Obverse: The Virgin Holding Christ on Her Arm
    • 9. Obverse: The Virgin Holding a Medallion of Christ
      • A. Reverse: Archangel Michael
      • B. Reverse: John the Baptist
      • C. Reverse: An Apostle
      • D. Reverse: A Church Hierarch
      • E. Reverse: A Military Saint
      • F. Reverse: Various Other Saints
    • 9a. Obverse: The Virgin Enthroned Holding a Medallion of Christ
      • A. Reverse: Archangel Michael
      • B. Reverse: A Church Hierarch
    • 10. Obverse: The Virgin Orans with a Medallion of Christ
      • A. Reverse: The Virgin
      • B. Reverse: An Archangel
      • C. Reverse: John the Baptist
      • D. Reverse: An Apostle
      • E. Reverse: A Church Hierarch
      • F. Reverse: A Military Saint
      • G. Reverse: Various Other Saints
      • H. Reverse: An Uncertain Saint
      • I. Reverse: The Cross
    • 11. Obverse: The Virgin Accompanied by Epithets
  • III. Archangel Michael
    • 12. Obverse: Archangel Michael
      • A. Reverse: An Archangel
      • B. Reverse: A Church Hierarch
      • C. Reverse: A Military Saint
      • D. Reverse: Various Other Saints
  • IV. John the Baptist
    • 13. Obverse: John the Baptist
      • A. Reverse: A Church Hierarch
      • B. Reverse: A Military Saint
      • C. Reverse: Various Other Saints
  • V. An Apostle
    • 14. Obverse: An Apostle
  • VI. A Church Hierarch
    • 15. Obverse: A Church Hierarch
      • A. Reverse: A Church Hierarch
      • B. Reverse: A Military Saint
      • C. Reverse: Various Other Saints
      • D. Reverse: An Uncertain Saint
      • E. Reverse: The Cross
      • F. Reverse: An Apotropaic Device
      • G. Reverse: A Blank
  • VII. A Military Saint
    • 16. Obverse: A Military Saint
      • A. Reverse: A Military Saint
      • B. Reverse: Various Other Saints
      • C. Reverse: The Cross
  • VIII. Various Other Saints
    • 17. Obverse: Various Other Saints
  • IX. An Uncertain Saint
    • 18. Obverse: An Uncertain Saint
  • X. Iconographic Tokens
    • 19. Iconographic Tokens
  • Index of Proper Names and Terms
  • Index of Iconography
  • Index of Seals with Inscriptions (in Addition to Identifying Inscriptions)
  • List of Seals Published
  • Glossary

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