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Nicosia: Cyprus Research Centre, 2014. Series Texts and Studies in the History of Cyprus, LXXIII. Editorial panel: J.-C. Cheynet, D.M. Metcalf and A.G. Pitsillides. In English. Cloth+jacket, 19x29 cm, VIII+396 pp., ill.; net weight 1550 gr.CONTENTS: Introduction - Before and after the Arab invasions of 649 and 653 - An anchor-point for chronology. The accession of Tiberius III (end 698) - Cruciform invocative monograms. The evidence from Carthage - The problem of archives - After the reconquest of 965. The chronology of dignities - Bibliography // THE CATALOGUE: Various seals from 2004-2009 - Imperial lead seals and some palatine and related quasi-imperial lead seals - Seals with inscription in both greek and latin - Seals with block monograms - Seals of officials and dignitaries - "Eagle" lead seals - Seals of Isaac Ducas Comnenus - Seals of the Church - Iconographic seals with images of the Saints - Seals with two cruciform monograms - Seals with invocative monograms - Anonymous seals of humble use… Read More