Information about the Armenian figures according to the Byzantine seals from the Hermitage collection

The article is analyzed the seals from the collection of the State Hermitage Muse-um, was published by the author. These lead seals belonged to eight representatives of the Armenian aristocratic families 10th – 12th centuries: Mousele, Kourtikios, Brachamios, Rubenids, Theodorokanos, Kourkouas, Dala...

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Main Author: Valentina Šandrovskaja
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Ural Federal University 2018-12-01
Series:Античная древность и средние века
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Online Access:https://journals.urfu.ru/index.php/adsv/article/view/3567
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Summary:The article is analyzed the seals from the collection of the State Hermitage Muse-um, was published by the author. These lead seals belonged to eight representatives of the Armenian aristocratic families 10th – 12th centuries: Mousele, Kourtikios, Brachamios, Rubenids, Theodorokanos, Kourkouas, Dalassenos, Machetarios. The special attention is devoted to the lead seals with rare iconographic compositions. One of them shows the first patriarch of Armenian Church St George the Illuminator. The second lead seal is presented the five Armenian martyrs: Sts Eustratios, Auxentios, Eugenios, Mardarios and Orestes.
ISSN:0320-4472
2687-0398