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| Keywords: Byzantine - Seal Ring - Walters 571053 - Profile.jpg This gold seal ring has four lines of Greek inscription in reverse on the oval bezel The monograms and decorative vine scrolls on the shoulder are done in niello The mandators literally messengers were Byzantine state officials employed for special missions such as acting as guides for foreign envoys The office disappeared in the 11th century century 9 10 Medieval gold niello cm 1 3 2 3 2 4 accession number 57 1053 28054 F A Harman Oates London by purchase Sale Sotheby's London February 20 1929 lot 14 Léon Gruel Paris 1929 by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1929 Translation Lord help thy servant Michael imperial mandator Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2006-2009 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry El Paso Museum of Art El Paso 2010 place of origin Constantinople present-day Istanbul Turkey Walters Art Museum license Byzantine and Early Russian art in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Byzantine rings Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
