Record ID: WMID-91C4E9
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete vesica or pointed oval lead or lead alloy seal matrix, of Medieval dating (AD 1300 to AD 1400). The reverse has an incomplete tab handle. No decoration is present on the reverse. The central device is a crescent with an eight pointed star above and a pellet below. Comma abbreviations are present. The initial mark is a cross potent. The inscription reads + S' WILELMI LE ROER, probably The Seal of William the Rower. A rower is a wheelwright; see Reaney and Wilson, Dictionary of English Surnames, under Rower. It measures 34.7 mm in length, is 21.4 mm wide and 6.9 mm …
Created on: Tuesday 20th June 2017
Last updated: Saturday 22nd February 2020
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Record ID: WMID-A54937
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead or lead alloy 'vesica' type seal matrix, of Medieval dating (c. AD 1250 - c. AD 1350). Approximately 50% of the seal matrix is present. The seal matrix was probably a vesica shaped die (oval with pointed ends). The handle and suspension loop are missing, presumed lost in antiquity. The die depicts a six pointed floral or star design, surrounded by the legend around the edge. The legend is incomplete but it is possible to read: [ ] ALICIE [ ] RUGE[ ]. Inscriptions on seal matrixes of this type tend to be in the form of 'XXX, Son of XXX' or 'XXX, of pla…
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2013
Last updated: Monday 17th February 2020
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Record ID: WMID-928FD1
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast lead alloy seal matrix, of Medieval date (c. AD 1250 - c. AD 1350). The seal matrix is flat and circular, with a sub-circular lug on the reverse with a rectangular cross-section. The lug has been pierced centrally with a sub-circular hole 2.04 mm in diameter. The lug is on a ridge which acts as an orientation device to ensure that the seal matrix is placed the right way up in the wax. Two horizontal ridges are present at the top of the ridge, to indicate the top. The die depicts a seven pointed star, created from intersecting incised lines. The inscription surrou…
Created on: Wednesday 30th January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 25th November 2015
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Record ID: LVPL-CEEB37
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast lead seal matrix, of Medieval date (c. 1250 - c.1350 AD). The seal matrix has a circular die, with a large D-shaped lug on the reverse. This is rectangular in cross-section and has an off-centre sub-circular perforation, diameter 2.52mm. No marks appears to be visible to aid orientation of the die. The die depicts four leaves arranged in an quatrefoil design, surrounded by a grooved border and then the legend around the edge. Each leaf consists of five diagonal petals or leaves. The legend appears to read + S': GRONW MON AP HOVA (Seal of Gronw Mon Son of Hova). G…
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 9th December 2015
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