The seals of Malmesbury Abbey and Pilton Priory

• Main Author: Luxford, Julian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Malmesbury abbey; Pilton priory; Medieval seals; King Athelstan (iconography of); St Aldhelm (iconography of); Athelstan; common seal
• Online Access: 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/

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...