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LOT 1904
Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix Group
ENGLAND, 1300-1400 A.D.
3/4 - 1 in. (7.36 grams total, 19-24 mm).
Comprising: discoid seal matrix with a male and female bust flanking a tree and surrounding Latin inscription '* SIGILLVM AMORIS ' (Seal of Love), reverse plain with pierced suspension lug; fragment of a seal showing a seated Virgin and Child, accompanied by the common rhyming
inscription '[MATER DEI] MEMENTO MEI' [Mother of God, remember me]. [2, No Reserve]
Found Ravensden, Bedfordshire, UK.
Recorded with UKDFD no.54276.
For such rhyming legends as the one on the fragmentary example, see M. Jones, “Rhyming religious couplets on seals” in SEWISE 8, January, 2025.
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The 'Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem' was an order of knighthood under the protection of the Pope, formed around 1099 AD by Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, the leader of the First Crusade. It was established for the protection of pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land and was recognised by a Papal Bull in about 1113 AD.
