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Description: | A copper-alloy seal matrix in fine condition. The seal matrix is of the vessica type, with a conical shaped handle on the reverse, pierced for suspension. It measures 46 mm long and 32 mm wide and is 14th century date. The field shows a standing figure holding a crook with a kneeling figure in front. Above them are the head and shoulders of the Madonna and child enclosed within ornate arches. The legend around the central field is somewhat crude, but appears to read 's prioris generalis ord stis heremitiar sti augustini'. Dr Michael Stansfield of Durham University deciphered the legend and has translated it as reading ?the seal of the prior-general of the order of the holy hermits of St Augustine? - the prior-general of the Austin friars.
Dr Stansfield has suggested that the figure represents the prior-general kneeling before St Augustine. | 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
1300 | 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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