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Description: | Copper alloy fob seal matrix dating to the Medeival period (13th-14th century). The matrix has a round face with a carved central motif and inscription around the edge both of which are very worn and barely visible. The handle is faceted and tapers to the top where there is a collar are tri-lobed loop. The matrix may have been attached to the owner as a pendent through this loop. The legend is illegible and the image very worn but it appears to depict a crowned figure on the left possibly holding an infant on the right and therefore depicting the Virgin Mary and Christ. This was a relatively common motif on medieval seal matrices of the period and may have had the inscription 'AVE MARIA GRACIA' (Hail Mary, (full of ) grace). If this is the case, it is possible that the owner was a cleric of some sort.The matrix weighs 8.02g and measres 23.46mm in length and 19.26mm in diameter (across the face).
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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