Record ID: IHS-CB35B1
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy oval-faced seal matrix with tapering hexagonal handle terminating in a double collar topped by a trefoliar suspension loop with trefoliar perforation. Device of, on the left, John the Baptist, depicted as a hermit, holding a patera [= dish on which offerings were made] in his left hand on which the agnus Dei can be seen in the form of a lamb; St John points to the agnus Dei with his right hand. St John appears as a balding man, wearing a camel skin draped over one shoulder and tied with a belt. To his left, a kneeling monk or friar, hands raised in prayer; the monk's rob…
Created on: Monday 5th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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