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Description: | A non-heraldic personal seal matrix, with an unfaceted conical handle, made of copper-alloy. The seal matrix stands to a height of 19.7mm. The die is flat, the reverse of the die is slightly concave and the conical handle extends from the centre of the die. There is a large rib on the handle before the hoop at the top of the handle. Five dots (four in a square, with one in the middle), indicate to the user of the seal matrix that this is the ?top? of the matrix. The initial mark (in this case a star) on the die is in alignment with these dots. The central motif (on the die) is a man?s face, portrayed in a slightly animalistic style. He has a large handlebar moustache and a pointed chin or tongue beneath. He has spiky hair, and bear/ lion-like ears. The man?s face is enclosed within a 8 pointed star, which has been made up of two engraved squares, one of the squares is square on to the mans face, the other sits diagonally across it, therefore creating the 8 pointed star. This is then enclosed within a circle of dots. The legend reads * S?WALTERI CL?I D?ORMISBY, which translates to mean ?the seal of Walter the cleric of Ormisby?, with S? standing from sigillum, meaning the seal of?.. The legend is also enclosed within a circle of dots. This ?Ormisby? could refer to one of several settlements of a similar name: in Cleveland, near Middlesborough are both Ormesby and Ormesby North; in Lincolnshire there are Ormsby North and South. The meaning of Ormsby is, incidentally, ?Orm?s village/ farm?, in Old Danish.The seal matrix is complete, although slightly worn around the edges. The seal matrix is in a good condition and the metal has gone a dark greenish-brown colour. | 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: | 1250
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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