Medieval Seal Matrix from Telford Area
Unknown, 1300
This silver medieval seal matrix shows a shrine of the Madonna and child with a cleric in the act of prayer at its base. An inscription around the decorated edge of the seal roughly translates as ‘Seal of Roger of Veiloreave, Clerk’.
The seal was found by a metal detectorist on cultivated land near Wrockwardine, Shropshire. It now joins five other medieval seal matrices in the collection of Shrewsbury Museum.
More information
Title of artwork, date
Medieval Seal Matrix from Telford Area, 1300
Date supported
2018
Medium and material
Silver, Cast Silver
Dimensions
0.32 x 0.21 x 0.02
Grant
5000
Total cost
3000

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