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Description: | Medieval copper-alloy seal matrix, dated from the late 13th to the late 15th century. This seal matrix is a non-heraldic personal seal and is circular in shape. The central motif of the seal shows an apple or heart and the legend runs around the outside. The legend reads JESV SEL DANO/D. The integral handle has a hexagonal shaft, a collar with two raised transverse lines, and a trefoil shaped loop. The original surface is a mid green but is pitted and abraded, and the exposed surfaces are light green in colour. It measures 23.1mm long, 16.7mm in diameter and weighs 8.08g. The seal was a used as a device for authenticating documents at a time when few could read or write. Parallels can be found in Bailey, G. 2000. Finds Identified, pages 25-31, figure 15. | 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
1499 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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