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Magical gem: Saint (A) Greek inscription (B)
CBd-Number:
CBd-3770
ID-Number:
Fr-BnF-CdM_Blanchet 5
Collection:
FR_Paris, Cabinet des Médailles
Inventory:
Blanchet 5
References:
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 422; Michel, DMG, no. 20.1_4; Mastrocinque 2014, no. 541
Former Collections:
Blanchet, Jules-Adrien (1866–1957)
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
37 x 10 x 4 mm
Iconography:
stars (2); clothing: tunic; nimbus; pedestal; saint; gesture, orant; headband

Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Black haematite. Half is missing. Probably from the same workshop as CBd-828.

A: Figure of a saint with a nimbus around the head, wearing a headband and a long tunic and standing on a pedestal with raised hands (from which only the right hand remained visible because of the lacuna). On the left: two stars and a τ.
B: Greek inscription in four lines: [α]γ̣ι|[ε]π̣ρ|[οκ]ο|[π]ι → Ἅγιε Προκόπι<ε> ’Saint Procopius.'

Bibliography
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 422.
Mastrocinque 2014, no. 541. 

Last modified: 2019-11-13 22:10:36
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CBd-3770. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy. Retrieved from: cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/3770 on 09-03-2025.

Image-ID 10645

Credits Photo: A. Mastrocinque

Rights © Bibliothèque nationale de France, Cabinet des Médailles

Notes Side A and B