Athos Holy Mount

Seals Of The Monasteries	17.13 Seal of the Protaton 1912 Protaton Copper alloy, diameter 4.7 cm, preserved height 2.7 cm
	The last bilingual (Greek and Turkish) seal used by the Holy Community was introduced in January 1912 and abolished in June 1913, a few months after the liberation of the Holy Mount. It is divided diagonally into four quarters, numbered on the back in Arab numerals (1-4). The reconstituted matrix bears a representation of the Virgin Vlachernitissa with Christ in the attitude of benediction. The figure of the Virgin is flanked by her monogram, M(HTH)P Θ(EO)Y, and that of Christ by the corresponding I(HΣOY)Σ X(PIΣTO)Σ. Running around the perimeter is the legend (in Greek and Turkish): + ΣΦPAΓIΣ TOY ΠPΩTATOY THΣ KOINOTHTOΣ TOY AΓIOY OPOYΣ AΘΩ 1912 CEMAAT-I AYANOROZ ('Seal of the Holy Community of Mount Athos 1912 / Community of Mount Athos').
	Bibliography: Gabriel S. 1922, pp. 199-20.
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