Seals of Basileios Apokapes, protoproedros and doux of Edessa

Abstract

The biography of Basileios Apokapes is much better known that background of his contemporaries. The chronics of Ioannis Scylitzes, Matt’eos Urhayec’i, Aristakes Lastivertc’i and his seals consist of main information about cursus honorum. The author published two seals in this article (Κύριε βοήθει Βασιλείῳ πρωτοπροέδρῳ καὶ δουκὶ ᾿Εδέσσης τῷ ᾿Αποκάπῃ). Present signets are dated c.1078–1083.

Keywords

• византия, византийская армия, провинциальная аристократия, сфрагистика.