Seal Matrix with Stag
Item
- Title
- Seal Matrix with Stag
- Coverage
- Medieval
- Medium
- Copper Alloy
- Subject
- Seal
- On Display At
-
Barley Hall
- Description
- Seal matrix with faceted handle and looped terminal. A circular die with device of stag’s head caboshed with cross between the antlers, and legend ‘….METE DEUM’. Traces of mineralised textile cord survive on the handle. Metal seal matrices were used to make impressions in wax to validate documents.
- Beasts at Barley Hall: Metal seal matrices were used to make impressions in wax to validate documents. These often included religious inscriptions, although animal designs became popular from the 13th century.
- Type
- Physical Object
- Identifier
- P0834_SF261
- Publisher
- York Archaeology
- Date Available
- 01-Jul-24
- Coordinates
- 53.961272/-1.086587
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