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Description: | Item unseen, described from description provided and impression. Copper alloy vesica shaped (pointed oval) seal matrix, back unseen. Device: under an ornate ogee arch, the standing figure of a mitred figure, crozier in left hand, right hand raised in blessing. Two kneeling angels facing him in niches either side of him; below them, two monks similarly arrayed. Below the figure's feet, a second arch, and below this a winged beast walking right. Objects below beast unclear, possibly the upper torso of three figures? All within a neat beaded line; a similar line marking the outer edge of the matrix.
Measurements: approximately 30 mm x 48 mm.
Inscription: *S'PRIORIS__ FRATRVM HERMITERV _O_D_SS SEV_TIRVS_SSTIN_VOS (Latin: The Seal of the Prior___Brothers Hermit________) | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Szymanski, Irene | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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