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Description: | Medieval seal matrix, flat with hinged and perforated flat semi-circular plate on reverse. Circular, 47mm. A shield bearing Two swords saltire-wise with points in chief impaling a tree on a knoll between two lions rampant crowned and confronted surmounted by a closed helm with coronet and mantling and a crowned demi-lion rampant. ยท: seel : sitte : : dalemaigne : (Seal of Seth d'Allemagne). Sitte is probably a variant of Seth or Sethe, and d'Allemagne is a French surname. Black-letter inscription. 15th or ?16th century.Clive Cheesman (Richmond Herald) has seen an image of this seal matrix and comments that it is probably of Continental origin.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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