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Description: | Medieval cast lead alloy pointed oval personal seal matrix, c.13th century. The central device is an elongated quatrefoil with a plain line border around; the inscription starts with a quatrefoil and reads S'RAD'I.D'.AVLA, again with a (discontinous) plain line border around. On the reverse has moulded decoration of a central cross with a pellet in two contiguous quarters, a raised internal border around with an inner projection in each of the other two quarters; there appears to be the remains of a broken loop at one end (corresponding wiht the start of the inscription. Thick cream patina. Length 30.0mm, width 23.6mm, thickness 3.1mm-4.5mm, weight 13.94g.The name Rad could be short for Radfid, Rademar or Radulfus.There is a seal with the inscription SIGILLVM IOHANNES DE AVLA CLICI (John of the Hall) attached to a document (ref: Misc.Ch.4563) dated 1292 in Durham University library.Another seal on a document in the national archives (DR10/268) dated 1225 reads SIGILLVM RICARDI DE AVLA (Richard de Aula).
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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