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Seal impression: Bishop of Siga

A shield, surmounted by a cross botonny and ensigned with an episcopal tasselled hat: dext. the arms of the BENEDICTINE ORDER incorporating its motto, Pax, impaling, sin. (Azure) a tower triple-towered (for SIGA: his see 'in partibus infidelium'). This seal was traced throught the researches of the Bishop of Clifton , to one of whose predecessors it was sent on 22 August 1909 by the Prior of Downside.

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

83.96H

Acquisition

donation, 14/9/1983

Measurements

length / mm:20
width / mm:18

Material

Wax

Location

In store

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