The seals of Malmesbury Abbey and Pilton Priory
Study of the evidence for seals of Malmesbury abbey and its dependency at Pilton in Devonshire makes a distinctive contribution to what can be known of the administrative and artistic history of these monasteries. The surviving evidence is small in relation to the uncertain but vast number of seals...
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ftunstandrewcris:oai:risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk:publications/199c715c-a12d-45a7-ac0a-bf88023c414f 2023-05-15T15:56:07+02:00 The seals of Malmesbury Abbey and Pilton Priory Luxford, Julian 2022-09-27 https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/the-seals-of-malmesbury-abbey-and-pilton-priory(199c715c-a12d-45a7-ac0a-bf88023c414f).html https://www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/wanhm/ eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Luxford , J 2022 , ' The seals of Malmesbury Abbey and Pilton Priory ' , Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine , vol. 115 , pp. 75-86 . Malmesbury abbey Pilton priory Medieval seals King Athelstan (iconography of) St Aldhelm (iconography of) article 2022 ftunstandrewcris 2022-10-13T15:27:36Z Study of the evidence for seals of Malmesbury abbey and its dependency at Pilton in Devonshire makes a distinctive contribution to what can be known of the administrative and artistic history of these monasteries. The surviving evidence is small in relation to the uncertain but vast number of seals originally in existence: the article mentions only a handful of seal-designs and not many more impressions. However, an early thirteenth-century common seal with an image of St Aldhelm on it and the late fifteenth-century common seal of Pilton (a double-sided object whose matrices survive) suggest corporate identities steeped in local history and would be worth discussing in any general account of English medieval seals. Article in Journal/Newspaper common seal University of St Andrews: Research Portal Athelstan ENVELOPE(-69.333,-69.333,-70.150,-70.150) |
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Study of the evidence for seals of Malmesbury abbey and its dependency at Pilton in Devonshire makes a distinctive contribution to what can be known of the administrative and artistic history of these monasteries. The surviving evidence is small in relation to the uncertain but vast number of seals originally in existence: the article mentions only a handful of seal-designs and not many more impressions. However, an early thirteenth-century common seal with an image of St Aldhelm on it and the late fifteenth-century common seal of Pilton (a double-sided object whose matrices survive) suggest corporate identities steeped in local history and would be worth discussing in any general account of English medieval seals. |
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The seals of Malmesbury Abbey and Pilton Priory |
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The seals of Malmesbury Abbey and Pilton Priory |
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The seals of Malmesbury Abbey and Pilton Priory |
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The seals of Malmesbury Abbey and Pilton Priory |
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The seals of Malmesbury Abbey and Pilton Priory |
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https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/the-seals-of-malmesbury-abbey-and-pilton-priory(199c715c-a12d-45a7-ac0a-bf88023c414f).html https://www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/wanhm/ |
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Luxford , J 2022 , ' The seals of Malmesbury Abbey and Pilton Priory ' , Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine , vol. 115 , pp. 75-86 . |
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