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Greek Documents	13.21 Sigillion-letter issued by Patriarch Neilos May 1386 Pantokrator Monastery, Archives Parchment, 46 x 36 cm
	The Patriarch confirms the gift of lands in Thasos to the Pantokrator Monastery, made by its founder, megas primikerios John. John had retaken Thasos from the Turks and had settled there some of his own people, under a special regime The lead seal of the Patriarch, with its blue ribbon, is still preserved in its original position. A semi-independent ruler with his own army under the suzerainty of the Emperor, he and his brother Alexios had carved out their own small statelet centred on Kavala.
	Bibliography: Actes du Pantocrator 1991, no. 11.
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	Index of exhibits of Monastery of Pantokrator 14th century

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