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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Obverse of the First Seal of Edward I.
The obverse of this seal is almost exactly the same as that of the Second Seal of Henry III with minor differences: a more pronounced cross moline (almost paty) surmounts the orb, the seat of the throne is slightly broader, the ornamentation of the shallow foot-rest takes the form of two large quatrefoils above which a layer of narrow arcading. As on Henry’s seal, the king wears an open crown of three points flory; in his right hand is held a long sceptre topped by a dove, in his left hand an orb surmounted by a tall cross (perhaps) paty. Under the king’s feet, two small lions couchant guardant and, at each side of the throne a small lion leaping up towards the monarch. Before the initial cross of the legend is a leaf, or possibly a hand of blessig, which does not appear on Henry’s seal, nor does the top of the sceptre penetrate the legend
