A New Late Anglo-Saxon Seal Matrix

Jane Kershaw; Rory George Robert Naismith

doi:10.1017/S0263675113000148

A New Late Anglo-Saxon Seal Matrix

Jane Kershaw
, Rory George Robert Naismith

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In 2010 a new late Anglo-Saxon seal matrix was found in Hampshire. The seal die is copper-alloy and engraved on both sides. On the obverse, it portrays and names a man called Ælfric, while the reverse is decorated with acanthus ornamentation characteristic of the later tenth- and eleventh-century ‘Winchester’ style. Unlike any other surviving English matrix of this period, it carries the remnants of gilding once applied across the surface and would thus have appeared to be made of gold. It is only the fourth known surviving Anglo-Saxon seal matrix, and the first to come to light in almost forty years.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	291-298
Number of pages	8
Journal	Anglo-Saxon England
Volume	42
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263675113000148
Publication status	Published - 2013

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