Seal of Malacenus, protospatharios strategos of Peloponnese
Scope & Content:
Lead seal. Obverse: patriarchal cross mounted on a base of 3 steps, with a pellet in each quarter; along the circumference, circular invocative inscription within concentric borders of dots. Reverse: inscription of 5 lines beginning with a cross; border of dots. Obverse: Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δ...
John de Drokenesford, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1309. John de Drokensford, Keeper of the Wardrobe; Bishop of Bath and Wells 1309: Cast of seal of: 1309.
Francis and Mary, Privy Seal, c. 1550. Mary of Scotland: Seals of her and Francis II., her husband: circ. 1550, 1559. Francis II of France: Casts of seals of him and Mary, his wife: circ. 1550, 1559.
Lead seal. On the obverse, cruciform invocative monogram with decorative dots in the quarter; wreath border. On the reverse, inscription of 4 lines beginning with a cross; wreath border. Today the seal is corroded and broken, hardly legible. The identification of the owner in Birch's catalogue a...
Lead seal. On the obverse, Christ seated on a square-back throne, holding the Gospel on his left knee, the right hand in front of his chest in a blessing gesture, flanked by sigla; border of dots. On the reverse, the Emperor Alexius I Comnenus standing, wearing a tunic (divitision), a jeweled lo...