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MISCELLANEOUS seals, viz.:- James I., for the Court of Common Pleas. Proof impression of the seal of George M. (?) for the Province of Quebec. Cast of the seal of Mathildis, lst Queen of Henry I. Recent impression of the Chapter seal of Ely Cathedral. Seal of the Parishioners of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford. Seal bearing the legend, E. REVAVKMEI. Armorial seal of "Thomas de Strata Villa," Clericus. Two imperfect official wale of James I. Paper seal of Thomas Greene, Bishop of N...
GREAT seals of Edward III., Henry VII., and Edward VI.; seal of Charles I., for the Principality of Wales, etc.; proof impression of the of Catharine of Braganza; proof impression of the signet of Queen Anne.
IMPRESSIONS of the following seals:- Carmelites of Oxford. Alice, relict of H. Palmer, xiiith cent. Seal bearing a figure of St. Margaret, early xivth cent. John Beneyt, early xivth cent. Seal bearing a gryllus. Raoul de Verrewic. Seal bearing a bust of Aristotle, from a gem. Seal or arms of Ernoul Poisriate (?). Seal bearing a monogram.
RECENT casts of the seals of Dartford Nunnery and Langley Priory; of the ring seal of Richard Yngworth, Abbat of Langley Regis, 32 Hen. VIII.; of the seal of Whalley Abbey, Lancashire, 1528; and of the Friars Preachers of Langley. Presented by the Rev. W. T. Tyrwhitt Drake, of Great Gaddesden.
RECENT impressions of the heraldic seals of Johannes filius Johannis de Cokefeld, 10 Edw. II.; Simon Pakeman, 29 Edw. III.; Adam Charles, Clericus, 29 Edw. III.; and Robertus de Herle, 29 Edw. III. Presented by Mr. Ready.
A SERIES of casts in tinted sulphur, with a few impressions in gutta percha and sealing-wax, of original Seals, for the most part Scottish, but with some miscellaneous Engglish and foreign examples interspersed, from the collection of Henry Laing, of Edinburgh. The greater portion of this series has been described and figured by Mr. Laing in his Descriptive Catalogue of Impressions from Ancient Scottish Seals, Edinburgh, 1850 ; and in his Supplemental Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Scottis...
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Kingdom of Scotland: Casts of Scottish seals etc. Henry Laing, of Edinburgh: Casts of Scottish seals, from his collections.