Download or read book Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, 7 written by Dumbarton Oaks and published by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection. This book was released on 1991 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dumbarton Oaks houses the largest collection of Byzantine lead seals in the world, with roughly 17,000 specimens. Volume 7 in the catalogue presents 572 anonymous seals--almost all previously unpublished--bearing sacred images on both sides. The catalogue represents the first attempt to analyze this group of seals chronologically and typologically.