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2 mai 2018
- handle: 10670/1.xqpz2w
- isbn: 9782905637628
- eisbn: 9782490296187
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John Cherry, « Ie su sel nul tel: no seal like it? », Publications de l’Institut de recherches historiques du Septentrion, ID : 10670/1.xqpz2w
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Seals are normally associated with identification and the status and legal importance of the person using it. The name and iconography of the person represented – the King ruling, the Knight riding, or the Bishop blessing, or the craftsman working – all indicate their status. This article concentrates on one type of seal, possibly used mainly for letters, which usually has a non-personal inscription and concentrates on representing strange scenes which do not in any way conform to such associ...