Образы адорантов в византийской сфрагистике
Images of Adorants in Byzantine Sphragistics

Summary/Abstract: No images of the seal owners are known so far. In this regard it is very interesting to study the seals of prince of Tmurakan’ Oleg – Michael and the monk of the st. Tarasios monastery in Constantinople – Zosima. Their moulds were made in Constantinople at the end of 11th century. On the first seal the prince is presented in proskynesis before his holy protector, archangel Michael, as a warrior standing frontally. On the second seal the monk kneels before the holy patriarch Tarasios as adorant. Both compositions have many analogues in the Byzantine painting and applied art. But there is no explanation about the absence of this composition in Byzantine sphragistics.

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