RT Article
T1 New evidence regarding the early history of the Monastery of Vatopedi (Mt Athos): unpublished sigillographical material
JF Byzantinische Zeitschrift
VO 113
IS 1
SP 175
OP 188
A1 Staurakos, Chrēstos
A1 Liakos, Dimitrios A.
LA English
PB De Gruyter
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/172897545X
AB This paper deals with an unpublished lead seal was found during the excavation works within the chandler’s workshop of Vatopedi, a later structure which was added to the eastern face of the bell tower (1427). The seal names a Constantine, chartoularios and epi tou patriarchikou sekretou and dates back to 10th till early 11th century. It is one of the rare direct sources regarding the very early period of the monastery, from which we have no other information, and serves to highlight the attention which the central ecclesiastical administration placed upon it already from the first years after its founding. It also shows the vibrant activities of its monks and their notable network of contacts with high-ranking political and ecclesiastical officials in the capital.null
K1 Altertumswissenschaften
K1 Byzantinistik
K1 Diverses
K1 Geschichte
K1 Historische Epochen
K1 Patristik
K1 Theologie und Religion
DO 10.1515/bz-2020-0008