Catalogue of Seals in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum, Volume 6order of the trustees, 1900 - Seals (Numismatics) |
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16th cent Archduke of Austria AUSTRIA Hauswappen Beaded borders Belgium benediction betw Bishop Bohemia Brabant Bronze-green bullæ canopy Carved border Ciaconius Copper electrotypes corbel coronet corroded corrosion commencing Crest cross pattée crown curve turned cxvii cxxxi D'Arcq Dark-green dated A.D. diam Duke of Burgundy eagle displayed Échevin Emperor ensigned EPISCOPUS escutcheon estoiles fess Flanders fleur-de-lis full-face grand quarter half-length Harl helmet hempen cord imperfect impression in red inscription King King of Germany Leaden Bulla Legend lion rampant mitre and vestments niche nimbus orb or mound Originally app pale patinated perfect Plaster cast Pointed oval quarterly quatrefoil Recent impression Resembles the rev S'PA S'PE Saint Scabini sceptre scroll Seal seated shield of arms side SIGILLVM smaller round counterseal spandrils standing strands of red Sulph sword throne tinted green trefoiled arch Virgin Mary West Flanders xlix xxxviii yellow silk
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Page 627 - They are much honoured by the Greeks, Syrians, and all the oriental nations. Their relics were conveyed to Marseilles in a large' stone coffin, which is still shown there in St. Victor's church. In the Musseum Victorium at Rome is a factitious plaster or stone, (made of sulphur melted with fire and mortar,) formed in imitation of a large precious stone, in which is cut a group of figures representing the Seven Sleepers, with their names, and near Constantine and John are exhibited two clubs ; near...
Page 563 - Armorial bearings not on a shield. Per pale dexter, quarterly 1 and 4 Castile ; 2 and 3 Leon ; sinister, quarterly 1 and 4 France (ancient) ; 2 and 3 England, with a label of three points ermine. The first and fourth quarters of each F1r,, (iv.) PRIVY SEALS AND GREAT SEAL OF JOHN OF GAUNT.
Page 742 - PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CKOSS.
Page 568 - Algecira, of Gibraltar, of the Canary islands, of the East and West Indies, Islands, and Terra Firma, of the Ocean sea, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Brabant, and Milan, Count of Apsburgh, of Flanders, Tirol, and Barcelona, Lord of Biscay and of Molina, ,S;c.
Page 49 - King of Germany, Hungary, and Bohemia — Archduke of Austria — Duke of Burgundy, Styria, and Silesia — Marchio of Moravia, Count of Tyrol...
Page 569 - Philip, by the grace of God, king of Castile, Leon, Aragon, the two Sicilies, Jerusalem, Portugal, Navarre, Granada, Toledo, Valencia, Galicia, Mallorca, Seville, Sardinia, Cordoba, Corsica, Murcia, Jaen, the...
Page 206 - ... the motto of the Order of the Bath, TRIA • JUNCTA • IN • UNO • (Three [probably kingdoms] joined in one).
Page 130 - ... 159-74. 29 Anne was married by procuration to Maximilian on 19 December 1490 and is styled Queen for the first time in the registers on 4 January 1491 (ALA, B 13 fo. 100 r), though letters of 28 December 1490 refer to her by that title (Preuves, iii. 682). The usual address of their joint letters was 'Maximilian et Anne, par la grace de Dieu, roy et royne des Romains, duc et duchesse de Bretaigne, a touz ceulx qui cestes presentes lettres verront, salut
Page 51 - King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, and Sclavonia ; Archduke of Austria ; Duke of Burgundy, Stiria, Carinthia, Carnolia and Wirtemberg ; Count of Tirol, etc.
Page 418 - Order, ensigned with a grand ducal crown, and encircled with the collars of the Orders of the GOLDEN FLEECE and of ST. STEPHEN OF AUSTRIA, a shield of arms : quarterly ; I.