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Seals Of The Monasteries	17.7 Seal of the Simonopetra Monastery 1848 Simonopetra Monastery Copper alloy, diameter 4.4 cm, height 6.3 cm
	A sketch of the Simonopetra Monastery adorns the matrix of this seal. Around the perimeter runs the legend: + ΣΦPAΓIΣ TOY IEPOY KOINOBIOY TOY ΣIMONOΣ ΠETPAΣ XPEΩΣTIKH 1848 ('Debit seal of the cenobium of Simonopetra 1848'). Debit seals were made specifically for use on financial documents, particularly sureties of debt, that is, receipts for money lent to the Monastery by its various creditors.
	Bibliography: Hieromonk Ioustinos 1991, pp. 247-8.
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	Index of exhibits of Monastery of Simonopetra 19th century

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