French 14thc Mediaeval Bronze Ecclesiastical Seal

Seal Detail

A mediaeval bronze seal, probably French dating to the 14th century most likely, the flange handle formed with a pierced trefoil in front of a hump, the right segment engraved with the initial B, the mandorla-shaped matrix elaborately engraved with two sections enclosed within gothic tracery, the upper portion with the Virgin or a female saint standing holding a flower in her left hand and a tethered goat in her right, the lower with a seated monk blessing a supplicant who grovels at his feet, within a partially-obliterated inscription, apparently reading:

S PETRII . DEI SNT DI. C TIP? LIT CELTII. L? I PAIR

Provenance: Ancien collection Chandon de Briailles 

Seal Specification

Height 20mm

Diameter of matrix 31mm x 59mm

Weight 79g