The Digital Enhancement of a Discipline
Byzantine sigillography is intrinsically interdisciplinary. Unlike other sister auxiliary disciplines, such as epigraphy or numismatics, sigillography has not yet benefited from the experience gained within the Digital Humanities. SigiDoc, the newborn
Sopracasa, Alessio +2 more
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Spectroscopy and terahertz imaging for sigillography applications [PDF]
Sigillography is the science that studies the manifold aspects of the seals. A seal can be defined as an imprint obtained on a malleable medium by imprinting an incised matrix, which transfers on it the characteristic signs of a person or an institution.
Mounaix P. +5 more
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The Theme of Bosporos According to Sigillography
In 1895 G. Schlumberger published the seal of Arkadios, protospatharios and strategos of Bosporos. In 2008, I. Jordanov published the second find of similar seal found in Preslav. The strategos of Bosporos appeared in the Taktikon of 975, published by N.
Valerii Pavlovich Stepanenko
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Ecclesiastical sigillography in the Czech Republic – current situation, themes and perspectives
Sigillography is regarded in the Czech Republic as a traditional academic discipline. The history of the field shows, however, that it has yet to welcome the production of a seminal, far‑reaching work.
Martina Bolom-Kotari
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Study of historical Byzantine seal images: the BHAI project for computer-based sigillography [PDF]
BHAI 1 (Byzantine Hybrid Artificial Intelligence) is the first project based on artificial intelligence dedicated to Byzantine seals. The scientific consortium comprises a multidisciplinary team involving historians specialized in the Byzantine period ...
Victoria Eyharabide +8 more
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Digital Sigillography Resource, version 1
The DIGISIG project, begun in 2013, initially aimed to address a long-standing challenge for sigillographers. Hundreds of repositories in England hold medieval seals, but in 2013 there was no single resource that could tell a researcher where any ...
J. McEwan
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For the Iconography of Holy Riders – Warrior Saints in Byzantine Sigillography: St. George
The article publishes a Byzantine lead seal from the collection of the State Hermitage Museum with the image of the holy rider – warrior saint. Images of holy riders – warrior saints are known in Byzantine sphragistics in several iconographic types: a ...
Valerii Pavlovich Stepanenko
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Review Article:Ἤπειρόνδε. Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium of Byzantine Sigillography (Ioannina, 1-3 October 2009), eds. CHRISTOS STAVRAKOS and BARBARA PAPADOPOULOU, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2011 (360 p.). [PDF]
Review Article :Ἤπeιρόνδe. Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium of Byzantine Sigillography (Ioannina, 1-3 October 2009), eds. Christos Stavrakos and Barbara Papadopoulou, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2011 (360 p.).
O. Karagiorgou
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Image of St Sophia in Byzantine Sigillography from the Thirteenth and Early-Fourteenth Century
So far the question of the iconography of St Sophia has been analysed according to the sigillography from the sixth and seventh centuries originating mostly from the collection of the State Hermitage Museum.
Valerii Pavlovich Stepanenko
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Catalan Sigillography and Beyond: Iconic Behaviors in Medieval Breaking Seals [PDF]
The author analyzes various cases of breaking seal matrices in medieval Catalonia and other regions in this text. The manuscript notes of the Catalan sigillographer Ferran de Sagarra guide the exploration of the mechanisms of signification associated ...
Alfons Puigarnau
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