Сѣновъ златен пръстен-печат от търновската църква „Св. 40 мъченици“
Сѣновъ Gold Ring-Seal from the Church “St Forty Martyrs” in Veliko Tarnovo

Summary/Abstract: A gold ring-seal, having a Bulgarian inscription on it (Сѣновъ. прстенъ) is published in the article. The object was found among the stock in one of the tombs, explored during the excavations (1992-1995) in the necropolis of the church of the Forty Martyrs in Tarnovo. Investigating the techniques, style, iconography and the engraving of the inscription on the ring as well as comparing it on the base of analysis with all Bulgarian gold ring-seals, we can date it back to the 14th с. The niello-technique used and the ornaments of the examined object allows to a certain extent its manufacture to be determined at the end of 13th с. and the first half of 14th с. The personality of the buried man is identified not only by the name Sen / Seno, but also on the basis of the rest of the tomb stock and the stratigraphic observations, the subject of another scientific research.

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