| Language of Instruction |
Türkçe |
| Course Type |
Elective Courses |
| Course Instructor(s) |
DOÇ. DR. NİLGÜN ELAM |
| Mode of Delivery |
The mode of delivery of this course is face to face |
| Prerequisites |
It is required for students to take Ancient Greek I and Ancient Greek II or TAR558 Source Languages I (B) and TAR558 Source Languages II (B). |
| Courses Recomended |
It is suggested for students to take Hellenistic Mythology, Mythology and Iconography I-II, Byzantine Numismatics and Byzantine Art I-II. |
| Recommended Reading List |
* A. Wassiliou-Seibt. (2012) Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden Teil 1. Einleitung, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inkusive My, Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften; * A. Wassiliou-Seibt. (2012) Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden Teil 2. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. |
| Assessment methods and criteria |
1 mid-term (Classic), 1 final exam (Classic) |
| Work Placement |
Not Applicable. |
| Catalog Content |
Definition and Development of Sigillography or Sfragistik; Terminology: Sigillum, sphragis or molybdoboulla, chrysoboulla, argyroboulla; Types of Byzantine seals: Imperial seals, Patriarchal seals, Lead seals with Latin or bilingual (Greek and Latin) inscriptions and monograms, Lead seals with two monograms (on obverse and reverse), Lead seals with one monogram, Lead seals with cruciform and invocation monograms, Iconographic seals, Seals with eagle depictions, Seals with metric inscriptions, Anonymous seals, Kommerkion and Kommerkiarios seals; Byzantine titles and categories; Evaluation of seals: critical signs, use of dictionaries and literature, steps of research |
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