O mărturie sigilografică privind prezenţa cruciaţilor la Dunărea de Jos / Sigillographic Evidence of the Crusaders’ Presence at the Lower Danube
Sigillographic Evidence of the Crusaders’ Presence at the Lower Danube
Author(s): Costel Chiriac, George A. BilavschiSubject(s): Middle Ages
Published by: Editura Istros - Muzeul Brailei
Keywords: seal; Saraiu (Constanţa County); Count of Flanders; Baldwin I of Constantinople; Philip I of Namur; the Forth Crusade; the Vlach-Bulgarian Empire; Tsar Ioannitsa Kaloyan;
Summary/Abstract: The authors present a seal-like piece, made of an alloy of lead and tin, which, on one face, has the image of a mounted mediaeval knight.The legend, in Latin, reads: SЄCRЄTU(m) • PһILIPPI • FILII • COmIТIS FLANDṚỊ(a)Є̣In translation: “The seal of Philip, son of the Count of Flanders.”In the opinion of the authors, this piece may be dated to the 12th-13th centuries and it belonged to a personage of Flemish origin, with the name of Philip. There are three possibilities of identification for the personage under discussion. He may have been:Philip of Alsace, Count of Flanders (1143-1191);Philip le Noble, Marquis of Namur (1175-1212);Philip of Courtenay (1243-1283), son of Baldwin II, the Latin emperor of Constantinople (1240-1261).The article discusses the political-military situations in which each of the three personages could be present in the Balkan-Danubian area; there is practically no possibility of a precise option for one or another of the three. The seal-like emblem was discovered in Dobruja (village of Saraiu, county of Constanţa), near the Danube.
Journal: ISTROS
- Issue Year: 23/2017
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 431-463
- Page Count: 33
- Language: English, Romanian
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