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Description: | A copper-alloy, medieval circular seal matrix. The seal matrix measures 24 mm in diameter. A device is located within a central circle (18 mm in diameter). This device consists of a swan with wings outstretched and its head inclined to the left. There is a shield of arms on the swans chest, bearing a lion rampant, and on a fess three birds (martlets?). The swans webbed feet are visible below the shield. There is a legend around the central device, some of which is indiscernable as a result of loss of letters from damage to the sides of the object. The legend reads S[IGILLVM] IACOBI DE CICERON[I] D[OMIN]VS, meaning The seal of James, lord of Ciceron. The back of the object is plain, with a raised sloping midrib and suspension loop. Irene Syzmanski produced the detailed information on this artefact, and has commented that, on stylistic grounds, it may date from as early as the thirteenth century, but the arms displayed on it appear to have been first recorded in the late fourteenth century. | 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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