Bidspirit auction | Mounted Ecclesiastical Wax Seal Impression

Mounted Ecclesiastical Wax Seal Impression for the Monastery of Canons Regular near Hoorn Dated 1429 - This item is a mounted wax seal impression specimen, likely prepared for a sigillographic or numismatic study collection. The impression is cast in a dark green resinous material and depicts the Madonna and Child standing within a vesica-shaped decorative border. The central figure is surrounded by a Latin inscription which is transcribed on the mount as S. DOMV. REGVLARV. PROPE. HOERN. (Sigillum Domus Regularium Prope Hoern), translating to Seal of the House of Canons Regular near Hoorn. The specimen is mounted on a square of tan cardstock featuring handwritten identification in black ink. The notes identify the seal as belonging to Brother Gerrit, Prior (Br: Gerrit. Prior.) of the Monastery of Canons Regular in Westerblokker, near Hoorn (Regulieren klooster Wester Blokker. BY HOORN). The notation Aº 1429 at the top left refers to the date of the original seal's creation or recorded use. The reverse of the cardstock mount is blank. Mount: 3.5 inches x 3.5 inches Seal Impression: 1.5 inches in height.