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Description: | A copper alloy circular seal matrix, tapering hexagonal handle terminating in a triple collar topped by a quatrifoliar suspension loop with quatrifoliar perforation. Device: at the centre of an extremely ornate four-pointed star built of tracery-filled arches, a scene of St Catherine and a kneeling monk. Catherine is on the left, holding her wheel in her right hand and indicating it with her left. She appears to be wearing a veil over her hair, and her outer gown is caught up at the front, forming elegant curves across her body; she inclines her head slightly towards the supplicant. On the right, a kneeling figure, hands raised in supplication. He wears a tonsure, and his gown falls in straight lines; his head is raised, looking up at Catherine. (note that the central design is minuscule, and not all details are clear).
Measurements: 24 mm diameter, 31 mm high to top of loop; weight 15.8 g. | 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
1450 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Irene Szymanski | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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