Record ID: LANCUM-1BD7C9
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper-alloy oval seal matrix of Isabella de Vernon (c. AD 1261 - 1350). The seal matrix is flat and oval in shape, with a D-shaped attachment lug positioned at the top on the back face. A wide, flat ridge runs from the bottom of the lug to the opposite edge. Around the edge on the front face runs an inscription: S'ISABELLE DE VERNOVN, the seal of Isabella de Vernon. The central image depicts Isabella herself stood facing. To the right of Isabella is a heraldic shield of three escallops topped with trefoils and to the left, a right-facing male bust above and a squirrel below,…
Created on: Wednesday 1st August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th May 2020
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Record ID: SUR-16BEA8
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a circular copper alloy medieval seal matrix, 25.8mm across. Approximately half of the die face, which was originally circular, remains. A single circular suspension loop is present on the rear of the object. The design consists of the head of a figure presented in profile and facing left, with a stylised curl of hair and simply incised features. This figure is shown facing, to its left, the bit and part of the shaft of a large key which may be being held. The lower portion is lost. This central design is bound by a partial Lombardic legend within two concentric bea…
Created on: Wednesday 1st August 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th February 2020
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