- Sigillography, also
known by its Gr****-derived name, sphragistics, is the
scholarly discipline that
studies the wax, lead, clay, and
other seals used to...
- of the
imperial papers" when the
Byzantine emperor was on campaign.
Sigillographic evidence for the
Byzantine dekanoi is
relatively rare,
although some...
-
Slavic chieftains into the
Imperial fold, as literary,
epigraphic and
sigillographic evidence testify to
Slavic archontes parti****ting in
Imperial affairs...
- in the
administration of Thessalonica,
while John Haldon,
based on
sigillographic evidence and
references in the
Byzantine Taktika, has do****ented the...
- much in prestige.
Throughout the 6th to 9th
centuries there is
ample sigillographic evidence of
functionaries bearing the title,
usually attached to mid-level...
- 801/802 by the
Empress Irene of Athens, from the
older theme of Thrace.
Sigillographic evidence shows that a
tourma ("division")
named "Macedonia" existed...
- sekretikoi, the
financial ministers of the state. From do****ents and
sigillographic evidence, the
holders of the
office held the
dignities of protospatharios...
-
Theophanes the
Confessor calls them
wardens of the
imperial crown. From
sigillographic evidence, in the 9th
century the rank was held by
senior provincial...
- also
introduced his own name there. Archaeological, numismatic, and
sigillographic evidence demonstrates the
Kidarites ruled a
realm just as
refined as...
- and
declined measurably in
prestige during the 7th and 8th centuries:
sigillographic evidence shows that it came to be held by the
lower rung of the imperial...
