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LOT 0295
Romantic French Medieval Vesica-Shaped 'Love Conquers Everything' Seal Matrix
CIRCA 14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/9 in. (13.2 grams, 35 mm).
A bronze vesica-shaped seal matrix with vertical strap and loop to the reverse; incuse motif of a bush and two perching birds, probably representing doves; legend to the edge within pointillé borders '* AMOR VINCIT OMNIA :·' (love conquers all).
Provenance
The Matrix Collection, formed by David Morris since the late 1980s.
Acquired Libert, October 2008, lot 269.
Matrix Collection catalogue no.2540.
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.
Literature
See Collection Charvet: Medailles, Antiquites, Sceaux-Matrices, Paris, 1883, vol.II, p.109, no.1196, also p.216-17, no.434.
Footnotes
Birds, especially doves, have long been associated with romance and love.
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LOT 0295
Romantic French Medieval Vesica-Shaped 'Love Conquers Everything' Seal Matrix
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