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Description: | Complete cast copper 14th century medieval seal matrix. The seal matrix is circular in plan and flat in section. To the reverse is a transverse circular loop that would have been held as the seal was applied. The seal die shows the design of two heads, a man and woman, facing each other with a flowering plant between them. The inscription, inscribed in negative, around the central design is worn, but reads JE SVL SEL DE AMUR LEL or ?I am the seal of loyal love?. Anonymous seals of this type are known as ?love and loyalty? seals, due to their sentimental or witty designs and inscriptions, written in either French or English. The seal is 20.28mm in diameter and weighs 4.2g. It has an even dark greeny brown patina. A similar example, though with the inscription Love me and I thee?, can be seen in Harvey and McGuinness, 1996, A Guide to British Medieval seals, number 83. Harvey and McGuinness reference the inscription recorded here on page 89. | 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: | 1300
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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