From the 14th Symposium of Byzantine sigillography (Thessaloniki, 6-8 October 2025) sigidoc.hypotheses.org/505

The digitisation campaign of the Byzantine seals of the IFEB collection sigidoc.hypotheses.org/407

Join us on May 16 at @mfoxford.bsky.social for "Digital Byzantine Studies: Current Methods and Future Applications", a workshop on digital corpora, prosopography, TEI, 3D & more in Byzantine research. Organized by @sealygirl.bsky.social, @surmaison.bsky.social, Olivier Delouis & Claudia Sode.

Highlights from the 13th Symposium of Byzantine Sigillography (Cologne, 27-29 March) sigidoc.hypotheses.org/336 @digibyzantine.bsky.social

That’s a wrap! The #siegelsymposium has come to an end, and what an incredible days it has been! We had discussions about every aspect of Byzantine history and new insights that pushed the field forward. We had great food & company, and a unique excursion that made this symposium even more special.

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵 Now speaking... 🎤 Ioanna Koukouni (Independent Researcher) 📜 "Two New Byzantine Lead Bullae from the Island of Chios" byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos...

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵 Now speaking... 🎤 Eugenia Gerousi-Bendermacher (Hellenic Ministry of Culture) 📜 "The Lead Seals of the Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum in Athens" byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos...

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵 Now speaking... 🎤 Christos Stavrakos (University of Ioannina) 📜 "The Byzantine Lead Seals from the Acropolis of Athens" byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos...

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵 Now speaking... 🎤 Pantelis Charalampakis, Nikolay Dimitrov (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) et al. 📜 "Towards a Digital Sigillographic Corpus of Bulgaria" byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos...

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵 Now speaking... 🎤 Jan Bigalke, Claes Neuefeind et al. (University of Cologne) 📜 "The DigiByzSeal Project: A Digital Infrastructure for Seals" byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos...

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵 Now speaking... 🎤 Andreas Gkoutzioukostas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) et al. 📜 "Remarks on Seals Found Along the Danube (7th-9th c.)" byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos...

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵 Now speaking... 🎤 Marco Muresu (University of Cagliari) 📜 "Framing Byzantine Culture in Medieval Sardinia Between Continuity and Storytelling. The Seals of the ‘Carte Volgari’" byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos...

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵 Now speaking... 🎤 Dimitris Sidiropoulos, Konstantinos Diados (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) et al. 📜 "The Distribution of Seals in Early Byzantine Thrace (6th-8th c.): An Interdisciplinary Approach" byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos...

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵 Now speaking... 🎤 Eugen Paraschiv-Grigore and Ioana Paraschiv-Grigore (The National History Museum of Romania) 📜 "Commercial Links between the Western Black Sea and Western Asia Minor 4th - 6th Centuries AD" byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos...

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵 Now speaking... 🎤 Lucia Maria Orlandi (École française de Rome) 📜 "Signacula-Markers: The “Poor Relation” of Seals?" byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos...

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵 Now speaking... 🎤 Max Ritter (University of Silesia) 📜 "The Seal of Patronage: Monograms in the Architectural Sculpture of Sixth- to Tenth-Century Constantinople" byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos...

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵 Now speaking... 🎤 Alexandra-Kyriaki Wassiliou-Seibt (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki/Austrian Academy of Sciences) 📜 "Χρυσὸς κοσμεῖ δάκτυλον. Neue Aspekte zu Inhalt und Funktion vier spätbyzantinischer Goldringe" byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos...

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵 Now speaking... 🎤 Tommaso Giuliodoro (Durham University) 📜 "The Praetorian Prefecture of North Africa in the Mid-7th Century: The Case of Marinus, praefectus et commerciarius" byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos...

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵 Now speaking... 🎤 Margherita Elena Pomero (University of Bologna) 📜 "From Prefect to Exarch of Italy: The Seals of Theodore Calliopa" byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos...

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵 Now speaking... 🎤 Nilgün Elam (Anadolu University) and Olga Karagiorgou (Academy of Athens) 📜 "New Molybdoboulla from Turkish Museums Issued by Thematic Officials in Asia Minor" byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos...

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵 Now speaking... 🎤 Pantelis Charalampakis (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences), Olga Karagiorgou (Academy of Athens), and Christos Malatras (Sorbonne University) 📜 "Addenda and Corrigenda in the TAKTIKON (2021)" byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos...

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵 Now speaking... 🎤 Olga Karagiorgou (Academy of Athens) 📜 "Byzantine Thematic Officials in the WWW: The TAKTIKON online" byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos...

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵 Now speaking... 🎤 Nilgün Elam (Anadolu University) and Christos Malatras (Sorbonne University) 📜 "Lead Seals from the Collection of the Museum of Antiocheia of Pisidia (Yalvaç)" byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos...

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵 Now speaking... 🎤 Nikolaos Mastrochristos (Independent Researcher) 📜 "Byzantine Lead Seals from Rhodes, Greece. New Data from Old and Recent Finds" byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos...

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵 Now speaking... 🎤 Thanasis Sotiriou (Institute for Mediterranean Studies/FORTH) 📜 "Exploring the Seals of Late Byzantine Sebastoi, 1204-1350" byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos...

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵 Now speaking... 🎤 Nathan DC Websdale (University of Oxford) 📜 "The Problem With ‘Being’ King David: Reassessing the Seals and Letters of David Grand Komnenos of Paphlagonia (1204-c.1212)" byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos...

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵 Now speaking... 🎤 Maria Teresa Catalano (University of Cologne) 📜 "The Usage of Participles on Byzantine Lead Seals" byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos...

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵 Now speaking... 🎤 Maria Campagnolo-Pothitou (Museum of Art and History, Geneva) 📜 "À qui la faute? L’usage de l’accusatif dans les légendes des sceaux byzantins" byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos...

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵 Now speaking... 🎤 Martina Filosa (University of Cologne) 📜 "The Administrative Personnel of the Charitable Institutions in Byzantium in the Light of Lead Seals" byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos...

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵 Now speaking... 🎤 Jean-Claude Cheynet (Sorbonne University) 📜 "Le comte de l’Etable" byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos...

Our goodie (or should we say foodie?) bags are ready, packed with seal-themed surprises! 🎁 Come grab yours tomorrow at the 13th International Symposium of Byzantine Sigillography and see what we’ve prepared for you! ✨

And here it is—the final programme of the 13th International Symposium of Byzantine Sigillography! 🎉 For more information, make sure to keep an eye on the official conference website: byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos... See you on Thursday in Cologne! 👇🏾 #siegelsymposium

🎉 The 13th International Symposium of Byzantine Sigillography is just one week away! Check out the full programme on the dedicated website: 🔗 byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos... 🤳🏽We'll be posting live updates from this account with the hashtag #siegelsymposium – don’t miss it!

Join @palaeofuturist.bsky.social & me for the Digital Classicist Wiki Editing & Tutorial on 27 February 2025, 2-3 PM (GMT)! Learn how to contribute to this collaborative resource on digital humanities for ancient world studies. Register now: ics.sas.ac.uk/events/digit...

Exciting news! Our special issue of Digital Medievalist, edited by Claudia Sode, Claes Neuefeind, and yours truly, is out! Eight open-access articles explore how Digital Humanities enhance sigillography. Read it here: journal.digitalmedievalist.org/collections/... ✨ @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social