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Description: | Medieval cast copper alloy vesica-shaped seal. The seal is flat with a lug on the reverse; the lug is oval with a short, stepped, tail running down the centre of the seal; it is placed at the top do it is opposite the start of the legend on the front. It is 29.7mm long, 19.1mm wide, 3.4mm thick and weighs 8.34 grams.
The seal shows a tonsured head dressed in a monk's cowl, surmounted by a hand [the hand of God], in a gesture of benediction, with slight traces of a cuff, appearing from the left, all within a pellet border.
The legend starts with a cresent and pellet at 12 o'clock and reads + S' FRIS A'DREE DE BEVERLAC' = + SIGILLUM FRATRIS ANDREE DE BEVERLACO = + SEAL OF BROTHER ANDREW OF BEVERLEY
Alciston was the major Downland estate of Battle Abbey who owned it from 1066 to 1536 AD and Brother Andrew was probably a monk there. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Burnett, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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