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Description: | Cast copper alloy personal seal matrix of Medieval date. Length 29.5mm, width 18.5mm and 2mm thick. Weight 5.16g. The seal is pointed oval shaped with a flat back with an integral perforated lug at the apex of the matrix. Viewing an impression, the central motif depicts the Virgin and Child beneath an architectural canopy. Below the Virgin and Child is an alcove in which there is a supplicant figure, perhaps a monk. The surrounding legend within a beaded border is in Lombardic style and reads S' AGNET DE TORMART' (Seal of Agnes of Tormart, perhaps Tormarton in Gloucestershire). The O and R are ligated.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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