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Description: | associated label "IMPRESSION in modern red sealing wax of the Nottingham warden St. Gillvm Gardiani Notinghammie 14-15th Century
N.B. The bronze matrix found near Grace Dieu Priory, Leicestershire From a letter written by the donor now in the History file - 'The finds were made by metal detector on land owned by Grace Dieu Manor (near Shepshed). The brooch was found at a depth of 4" and the matrix at 5". The seal matrix (AI - from which this seal impression was made) is made of bronze at the back of the matrix is a piece for holding/hanging round the neck. The dimensions for the matrix are 500m/m long x270m/m wide.' A letter from Keeper of Archaeology Alan MacCormick to the British Museum (History File) suggests that the two objects lay no more than 20 yards apart.
Accession number: NCM 1992-626 | Subjects: | commemoratives heraldry? Nottingham and Notts. English | Temporal: | 1991 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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