Wassiliou, Alexandra-Kyriaki ; Siegel und Papyri. Das Siegelwesen in Ägypten von römischer bis in früharabische Zeit

Constantinos M. Constantopoulos, Byzantine Lead Seals – The Stamoules’ Collection(Siatras Numismatic Studies, 10)Athens 2023ISBN 978-628-5818-00-5 108 S./pp., zahlr. S/W-Abb./num. b/w-figs., 23,5 x 16 cm; broschiert/softcoverAnastasios Stamoules was a Greek born in 1843 at the small town of Selymbria, Eastern Thrace, then a part of the Ottoman Empire. He studied in the Orthodox College of the Oecumenical Patriarchate at Constantinople. From very young age, he had started collecting objects relating to the history of Thrace. As a result a huge collection of Greek, Roman and Byzantine objects was formed. Unfortunately the biggest part of this collection was stolen by the troops of the Allies during WW I. The forced population displacement of the 1920's lead the whole family in Athens. In 1924 Stamoules donated the coins and the lead seals that managed to bring with him to the Numismatic Museum. This book presents in detail the Byzantine lead seals of Stamoules' Collection. What is important is that all seals were locally collected, at the small area around Selymbria, one could justifiably call it "the Selymbria Collection". The Byzantine city was an important strategic settlement located in the interior of the Long Walls of Thrace, at the end of Via Egnatia, it also was a religious centre, as is still obvious from the remains of many churches that survive. It is mentioned in the sources as an archdiocese and later as a metropolis. Therefore the seals of the Collection can also be used as a primary material for historical studies.

Andreas Gkoutzioukostas – Alexandra-Kyriaki Wassiliou-Seibt – Dimitrios P. Drakoulis (eds.), Lead Seals in Byzantine Thrace (6th-12th c.) Proceedings of the International Conference Sigillography Meets Historical Geography. Vienna, 19 April 2023Thessaloniki 2023ISBN 978-960-656-186-3 502 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 29 x 21 cm; broschiert/softcover

Alexandra-Kyriaki Wassiliou-Seibt, Ὁ Χριστὸς αὐτὸς σφραγὶς ἀσφαλεστάτη. Byzantinische Bleisiegel der Sammlung Gert BoersemaThessaloniki 2022ISBN 978-960-656-125-2ISBN 978-960-7856-64-7192 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 23,5 x 16 cm; broschiert/softcover This volume contains the edition - along with comments and interpretations - of selected Byzantine lead seals in the collection of Gert Boersema (the Netherlands), which are nearly exclusively unique specimens, dating from the 6th to the 14th century. The inscriptions offer new results and aspects for the Byzantine administrative history, prosopography, historical geography, and economic history, but furthermore concern the Byzantine church, monasteries, domains, and especially the Byzantine aristocracy. Short English abstracts contribute a kind of regestes, representing the value of the contents. The book is an attribution to basic research of Byzantine history. Systematische Edition, Kommentierung und Interpretation erlesener byzantinischer Bleisiegel der Sammlung Gert Boersema (Niederlande) - fast ausschließlich Unikate, die chronologisch vom 6. bis ins 14. Jahrhundert reichen. Aus den Siegelinschriften resultieren neue Ergebnisse und Aspekte zu Verwaltungsgeschichte, Prosopographie, historischen Geographic, Wirtschaftsgeschichte, sowie zu den thematischen Bereichen: Kirche, Klosterwesen, Domänen, Aristokratie. Kurzresümees in englischer Sprache bieten eine Art Regest zum inhaltlichen Wert des jeweiligen Lemmas. Das Buch ist ein weiterer Beitrag zur Grundlagenforschung der byzantinischen Geschichte.