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]

Provenance

Found Ravensden, Bedfordshire, UK.
Recorded with UKDFD no.54276.

Literature

For such rhyming legends as the one on the fragmentary example, see M. Jones, “Rhyming religious couplets on seals” in SEWISE 8, January, 2025.

CONDITION

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