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Description: | A personal Medieval seal matrix. The matrix is a flat-baked type made from cast lead or lead alloy. In plan the matrix is sub-circular, originally it would have been circular but a small portion is missing. This is not recent damage. The underside of the matrix has a legend and central device. The legend reads ??*? S? ? WILE[ ] BRODE?. The lettering is quite large and simplistic. The B and R other are leaning backwards and give the appearance of crudeness to the style of the legend. The device depicts a sixteen petalled flower. The device has the appearance of being stamped rather than engraved. It was probably stamped into the moulded rather than the matrix itself. The matrix measures 34.72mm diameter, and 3.4mm thick. It weighs 20.63g. The surface of the matrix has an mid cream patina.
Harvey and McGuinness (1996 A Guide to British Medieval Seals British Library and Public Record Office) suggest that small circular based seal matrices in use in the 13th century, but the more intricate the design, occurred in the later 13th to 14th centuries. | 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 | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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