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Description: | Unusual form of copper-alloy seal matrix, in the form of a very slightly tapering hollow cylinder 11 mm in length. One end is open and 23 mm in diameter, and the other forms the engraved die which is 22 mm in diameter. The central motif is a very detailed and well engraved lion passant guardant, with a possible star below, all within a sexfoil. Around is an inscription made up of small neatly engraved letters which are now not particularly easy to read: *: S': VLANI DE. LVNVNTONE (the V may be an upside-down A, although the quality of the engraving makes this surprising; the A looks equally like an N and the final I is very uncertain, so the first word may read VLNN-). This can be translated as Seal of Alan of Lununton. No village or hamlet of this name, or anything similar, has yet been found, and so far there is no explanation for the unusual form. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1066
1540 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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