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LOT 1851

Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix with Clasped Hands

12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (4.37 grams, 20 mm).

With central mane-in-fede motif beneath a star, Lombardic script legend '* FOY ME TENT' for 'fidelity sustains me'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.

Footnotes

This amatory legend is found on other matrices, where the first word is more usually spelled FEI – a similar example is PAS database, SOM-D80124. An impression in the National Library of Wales is attached to a document dated c.1310. For this and similar legends see, Jones, M., The Beautiful Game: Courtly Love Posies in Anglo-Norman Inscribed on Jewellery and Seals, in Journal of the British Archaeological Association 176 (2023), 1-30.

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LOT 1851

Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix with Clasped Hands

Sold for (Inc. bp): £20

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