15th Century Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix – Pelican in Piety 14th/15th Century AD
£280.00
15th Century Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix – Pelican in Piety 14th /15th Century AD
22x20mm, 8.85g
A medieval bronze pedestal seal matrix, the legend reading ‘S’VMREL I CALIVS’.
The device may be interpreted as a representation of a pelican in the act of wounding her breast in order to nourish her young with her blood, a reference to the blood of Christ.
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