Bread Seal

Work Number: 580235
Title: Bread Seal
Approximate date: 13th c
Description: Side 1: Flaring Greek cross with Arabic inscribed around the outer rim

Side 2: Bread Seal with lattice work adorned with flaring Greek crosses in the center of each square. In the center of the lattice work is the monogram of Christ and the Theotokos. Greek inscription around the outer rim.
Medium: Marble, carved
Condition: Marble with Arabic inscription
Language: Arabic; Greek
Bibliographic Citation: Galavaris, George. Bread and the Liturgy: The Symbolism of Early Christian and Byzantine Bread Stamps, Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, fig. 42, 1970.
Provenance: Old Library, museum room