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SIGILL: COMIT. PALATINI DUNELM AD BRIA ET ALIA IN EODEM COM: SIGILLANDA DEPUTAT, SIGILL COMIT. PALATINI DUNELM AD BRIA ET ALIA IN EODEM COM: SIGILL: DEPUTAT; SEAL OF THE CHANCELLOR OF THE COURT OF PLEAS OF DURHAM |
Description |
MS in Latin on brass mounted on copper alloy, Durham?, England, 1595-1606, 1 circular seal matrix, diam. 7 cm, 1+1 lines in square capitals, the Chancellor of the Court of Pleas of Durham on the obverse in cap and cloak enthroned beneath an arch and holding a book, above a shield with the arms of the See of Durham against a ground with floriate scrolls; on the reverse an equestrian figure facing left in armour and with ostrich-plumed helmet, pearled outer borders, plain inner borders. The matrix is composed of two parts which fit together with projecting lugs with holes and pegs; each part is made in two pieces: the faces are engraved in brass and attached to outer plates which incorporate the lugs. |
Published |
1. C. H. Hunter Blair, "Post-Reformation Ecclesiastical Seals of Durham", Archaeologia, Society of Antiquaries, 2nd ser., vol. 77 (1927), p.176, plate XX, nos. 1-3, described as a Chancery seal. 2. Manuscripts in The Schøyen Collection, ed.-in-chief, Prof. Jens Braarvig. vol. IV: Medieval seal matrices. Ed. by Richard Linenthal and William Noel. Oslo, Hermes, 2004. |