|
Date: |
|
Description: | Pevensey, seal of the corporation, ca.1230. The obverse depicts the thirteenth century sailing vessel with double ended clinker-built hull, with high stem and stern posts, fighting stages as small temporary erections just inside the ship's ends. The lower of the two attachments of the quarter-rudder is seen clearly. The seal is perhaps the earliest illustration of ratlines on the shrouds. Two men are hauling on the anchor cable. The reverse depicts St Nicholas, who succours two ships whose sails have been torn into shreds by a tempest.
On an emulsioned plywood backboard with a label. Obverse and reverse.
caption: Pevensey, seal of the corporation, ca.1230 | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | figure civic seals religious: St Nicholas | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
|
|