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[edit]| Medieval fob seal matrix, face | |||
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Anna Marshall, 2006-05-26 11:34:52 |
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Medieval fob seal matrix, face |
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| Description |
English: Copper alloy medieval fob seal matrix dating to the 14th-15th century. The matrix has faceted hexagonal handle, tapering to a single collar and terminating in a lozenge shaped suspension loop with a drilled circular loop. The face of the matrix is circular and depicts a single letter as the central device. The letter is a crowned capital ‘I’ between two sprigs of foliage (palm branches). The crown above the ‘I’ has bifoliate sides and a central fleur.
The letter on the matrix may be the owners initial although this is not necessarily definitely the case. Crowns are found on a lot of medieval items and they do not necessarily denote royalty; in some cases they are thought to have been used for luck and in other cases they are used to indicate something or someone sacred, for example, a crowned ‘I’ was used on ampullae from the Virgin’s shrine at Ipswich. When combined with the palm fronds (the sign of martyrdom), the initial may be used to indicate a saint. The devotion to saints and the Virgin was at it’s height during this period and it would not be uncommon to find this reflected in a seal matrix. The matrix weighs 6.7g and measures 26.4mm in length and 14.3mm in diameter (across the face). |
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| Depicted place | (County of findspot) North Yorkshire | ||
| Date | between 1300 and 1500 | ||
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FindID: 133680 Old ref: SWYOR-6C3651 Filename: DSCN5671.JPG |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/103496 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/103496/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/133680 |
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