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Description: | A copper alloy, diamond-shaped seal matrix, plain back with raised midrib and intact suspension loop at top of same. The matrix is exceptionally thick, and in generally excellent condition. Device: occupying the full height of the matrix other than that allocated to the cross which opens the legend, an image of the Virgin facing the viewer full on, dressed as an aristocratic woman in a long gown, girdled tightly at the waist, and rich cloak which reaches just above her ankles. She is crowned; both arms are bent at 90?? at the elbow, the right bending across the body, the left out from it. In her left hand she holds a fleur-de-lys, and in her right a barely-discernible five-pointed star. A neat beaded line runs above and below the legend; the latter disappears behind the Virgin's crown and knees.
Measurements: 20.5 mm x 27 mm, 4 mm thick.
Inscription: +S' WILL'M LE BRID (The Seal of William the Bird[man]). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Szymanski, Irene | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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