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North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, 2013-05-24 12:22:45 |
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| Title |
Medieval Jet Seal Matrix |
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| Description |
English: Probably Jet; the material appears to be laminated, black, and with a low gloss, though the outside is coloured brown by adhering soil. This identification was kindly confirmed by John Cherry. Seal Matrix fragment. Carved oval seal matrix baring a central fleur de lis motif and a circumferential legend in late 13th to 14th-century script. The legend reads: S:IOH:FI(---) DE:CE [Seal of John Son of... ? ?]. The back bears a central ridge, though this is broader than usually appears on metal versions. Just over one half of the object survives. It may have been made with the intention of infrequent use, as the material was unlikely to prove as durable as metal, though the same objection might be raised in the case of the numerous lead versions known. The fleur de lis was a suitably (Marian) Catholic motif for a non-armigerous seal user. Evidence for the high medieval working of jet is unusual; the most usual British source was Whitby in North Yorkshire, though jet also appears in a small outcrop near Hotham, East Riding of Yorkshire, closer to North Lincolnshire, and as an erratic element in the local Glacial Drift. Suggested date: Medieval, 1250-1300. Length: 23mm, Width: 20.4mm, Thickness (clear of 'lug'): 6.6mm, Weight: 2.35ms. |
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| Depicted place | (County of findspot) North Lincolnshire | ||
| Date | between 1250 and 1300 | ||
| Accession number |
FindID: 559218 Old ref: NLM-A4FAF4 Filename: NLM22321.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/427598 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/427598/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/559218 |
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