Seals

Enthroned rulers, mounted figures and heraldic shields fill the plates of Seals, Walter de Gray Birch's study published by M...

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Enthroned rulers, mounted figures and heraldic shields fill the plates of Seals, Walter de Gray Birch's study published by Methuen in London in 1907. They reproduce impressions, matrices and related examples: English royal great seals and the seals of monastic communities and towns, and Scottish seals of kings, cathedrals and noble families. French, Iberian, German and Low Countries examples widen the comparison across medieval and later Europe, and ancient and medieval gem seals set small engraved objects beside the imposing imagery of sovereigns and church dignitaries. Explanatory material accompanies the illustrations.

Enthroned rulers, mounted figures and heraldic shields fill the plates of Seals, Walter de Gray Birch's study published by Methuen in London in 1907. They reproduce impressions, matrices and related examples: English royal great seals and the seals of monastic communities and towns, and Scottish seals of kings, cathedrals and noble families. French, Iberian, German and Low Countries examples widen the comparison across medieval and later Europe, and ancient and medieval gem seals set small engraved objects beside the imposing imagery of sovereigns and church dignitaries. Explanatory material accompanies the illustrations.