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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Jewellery, Rooms 91, The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery

Seal

1300-1350 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
England (made)

Seal matrix, engraved with the figure of St. John the Baptist, surrounded by an engraved inscription in Lombardic letters 'S.RICARDI.DE.LA.BERE' (Seal of Richard de Bere).


Object details

Categories
Jewellery
Metalwork
Object type
Seal
Materials and techniques
Silver, engraved
Silver
Engraving
Brief description
Silver seal depicting St. John the Baptist, engraved in Latin 'Seal of Richard de la Bere'. England, 1300-50.
Physical description
Seal matrix, engraved with the figure of St. John the Baptist, surrounded by an engraved inscription in Lombardic letters 'S.RICARDI.DE.LA.BERE' (Seal of Richard de Bere).
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 2.2cm
  • Depth: 0.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
S[IGILLUM]. RICARDI:DE:LA:BERE (Latin, Lombardic letters)
Translation
Seal of Richard de la Bere
Credit line
Given by Dame Joan Evans
Subjects depicted
Christianity
Faith
St. John the Baptist
Association
Evans, Joan Dame
Bibliographic references
  • Harvey, P. D. A. and Andrew McGuinness, A guide to British medieval seals. Toronto, Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1996.
  • Seals and their Context in the Middle Ages, ed. by Phillipp R. Schofield. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2015.
  • Good impressions: image and authority in medieval seals. Ed. by Noël Adams, et al. London: British Museum, 2008.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.80-1969

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Record createdSeptember 8, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O103292/seal-unknown/
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