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Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (27.9 grams, 44 mm).
A substantial bronze vesica-shaped seal matrix with thick strap and two pierced lugs to the reverse; incuse motif of a standing robed ecclesiastic with processional cross in one hand, the other raised in sign of benediction, nimbus and mitre to the head, three stars in the field; pelletted border with legend in Lombardic script '+ S: ECCLIA : SANCTI : BASILIC : DESTAMPIS' (seal of the holy basilica church of Estampes").
PROVENANCE:
The Matrix Collection, formed by David Morris since the late 1980s.
Matrix Collection catalogue no.1087.
Many of the seals within the collection were published in a book titled 'The Matrix Collection', by David Morris in 2012.
Accompanied by a copy of the illustrated collection notes.
FOOTNOTES:
Estampes is located in the Gers department of south-west France where the church is dedicated to Saint Barthélémy.
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