|
Date: |
|
Description: | A silver gilt over copper alloy vesica-shaped seal matrix, plain back with suspension loop on short raised ridge intact at top. Device: area divided in two by an arch. Above the arch, the crowned Virgin depicted from the waist up. She holds the Child in her left arm, indicating him with her right. On either side of her head, two censing angels, each holding a censer on a triple chain. The angels are almost entirely in the lettering area, but their censers and their chains are at the outer edge of the intaglio area, the censers being on a line with the Virgin's elbows. Below the dividing arch, a clean-shaven kneeling figure in profile (legs in the lettering area), hands raised; in his left hand he holds a book (?). Behind him, body largely obscured by the kneeling figure, stands a bearded individual looking up at the scene of the Virgin and Child above. His right hand is around the kneeling figure's shoulders, whilst his left is raised. Behind his shoulders the letters SCS, and in front of him ANDREAS, starting in front of his face and continuing down the side of the device frame, which is a neat line. A similar line marks the outer edge of the matrix face. Measurements: 28 mm x 48 mm; 3 mm thick (maximum dimensions).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
|