INSANE CONDITION MEDIEVAL SEAL MATRIX

[ljtreasure]

I found this lamb of god type medieval seal matrix today never had one come out of the ground so clean!
I'd normally have to spend all night picking out the crusty bits from the design

 

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[ljtreasure]

 

[CRUSADER]

That is a nice one.
Those shaped ones are always associated with the Church. Probably the vicar.

 

[ljtreasure]

That is a nice one.
Those shaped ones are always associated with the Church. Probably the vicar.

Thanks mate I didn't know that

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Beautiful find, congrats!

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[pepperj]

What a beauty you dug! Let us know what the inscription says and era when/if you find out. Congrats.

Just looked them up and found this bit of info.

From:seals

Prior to the fifteenth century pointed oval designs, called vesica seals, were popular with noble women and also with high ranking ecclesiastics. The shape allowed room either to depict a full length standing figure of the owner, or alternatively to show scenes at two levels. Monastic seals often used the latter device, with a main, upper register depicting the monastery’s patron saint, and a small lower register in which the prior or abbot was shown praying. By the fifteenth century, vesica seals were somewhat out of fashion, but they still occur on documents, because monasteries in particular tended to continue using seal matrices made years - or sometimes centuries - earlier.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Excellent !