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Description: | A Medieval copper alloy seal matrix (13th- early 14th century). The matrix is flat with the remains of a pierced lug on the reverse. The die is a pointed oval (vesica-shaped) with a central motif of a bird, probably an eagle, in profile with a snake or worm in the beak. The inscription reads. "S' ROB'TI MAVCOLOMAN". Andrew Rogerson has translated this as the seal of Robert Maucoloman. He adds, this must be a version of M'Calman, Maccalmon, Maccalmont, a Scottish name. See Reaney 1991, 290. There is some damage and part of the right edge is missing.Dimensions: length 28.02mm; width 17.38mm; thickness 4.08mm; weight 5.11gReference: P.H. Reaney and R. M. Wilson A Dictionary of English Surnames Routledge London and New York | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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