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Description: | Copper-alloy seal matrix, flat and circular with a pierced lug on the top of the reverse. The matrix is 20 mm in diameter and bears the image of a lion rampant, facing right on the actual matrix, but left on casts taken from it. The legend on the matrix reads *** S'RICARDI DE MVSECOT, meaning 'Seal of Richard of Muscot'. A similar example is given by John Cherry (in Saunders 1991, Cat 20) in the Salisbury Museum Medieval Catalogue which he dates to the 13th century. Furthermore, Harvey and McGuinness (1996, 88) state that in the
14th century the 'predominant' type of non-heraldic seal is the anonymous
seal, so named examples tend to be dated to the 13th century in general. However, Harvey and McGuinness (1996, 92) also state that non-heraldic, named seals did not neccesarily cease to be used in the 14th century so a slightly later date remains a possibility. Muscot is a deserted medieval village in Northamptonshire. It is fairly unusual to find seal matrices naming places, and they are useful in helping to reconstruct the movement of people and objects in the past. | 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: | 1200
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Tom Brindle | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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