Basilios 32 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | IX |
| PmbZ No. | 945, 964 |
| Variant Names | Basileios |
| Locations | Sicily (officeplace); Sicily |
| Titles | Basilikos vestitor (dignity); Hypatos (dignity); Protonotarios, Sicily (office) |
| Seal Sources | Borsari, S., "L'amministrazione del tema di Sicilia", RSI 66 (1954), pp. 133-158; Dumbarton Oaks, A Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, eds., J. Nesbitt and N. Oikonomides (Washington, DC, 1991-); Laurent, V., Le corpus des sceaux de l'empire byzatin, V, 1-3, L'église (Paris, 1963-72); II, L'administration centrale (Paris, 1981); Schlumberger, G. Sigillographie de l'empire byzantin (Paris, 1884); Zacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972). |
Basilios 32 was a hypatos and protonotarios of Sicily; owner of a seal dateable to the ninth century: DOSeals I 5.5 = Zacos and Veglery 1771 = Laurent, Corpus II, no. 803. Obv.: cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει, with τω - σω - δου - λω in the corners. Rev.: Βασιλείῳ ὑπά[τῳ] καὶ πρωτονοτ[αρίῳ] τ[ῆσ] Σικελ[ίασ]. The reading of Zacos and Veglery, σακέλ[λησ], is rejected, rightly, by Nesbitt and Oikonomides (note in DOSeals). They suggest the identification of this man with the owner of Schlumberger, Sigillographie, 215, note 2, no. 10 (facsimile) (dateable to the ninth century) (= Borsari, p. 157, no. 16), a seal found at Syracuse and owned by a Basilios who was basilikos vestitor and protonotarios of Sicily. Obv.: cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει, with τω - σω - δου - λω in the corners. Rev.: Βασιλειω β' βεστ' και - α' νοταρ' Σικελιας. The name and titles read: Βασιλείῳ βασιλικῷ βεστίτορι καὶ πρωτονοταρίῳ Σικελίας. If so, the second seal belonged to an earlier stage of his career.
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