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Description: | Pevensey, seal of the corporation, ca.1230. The front depicts a thirteenth century 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 succours two ships whose sails have been torn into shreds by tempest.
On an emulsioned plywood backboard with a label. Obverse and reverse. | Publisher: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/page/7d7ded6fb50d6031e2884961a200be58.html | Subjects: | figure religious: St Nicholas | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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