seal;
seal-impression
- Museum number
- OA.1505
- Description
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Circular bronze seal-matrix of the Hospital of St John. It has a hexagonal conical handle ending in a pierced trefoil. St. John the Baptist with the Agnus Dei; on either side, trees. Legend, within pearled borders. With wax impressions.
- Production date
- 1400 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 2.80 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Text from 'Catalogue of British Seal-Dies in the British Museum', A.B. Tonnochy, London 1952, cat. no. 829.
B.M. 'Cat. of Seals', no. 2546.
Tanner, 'Not. Mon.' s.v. 'Berkshire, Abingdon'.
It was founded by one of the early abbots to maintain six poor persons, and was we established by 1291, when it is mentioned in the taxation-roll ('V.C.H. Berkshire', ii, p. 92).
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- OA.1505