Bidspirit auction | Mounted Green Wax Seal Impression

Mounted Green Wax Seal Impression of the Carmelite Convent of Woudsend, Friesland, Dated 1501 - This item is a mounted green wax seal impression, likely a 19th-century cast from an original 16th-century ecclesiastical matrix. The impression is vesica-shaped and depicts a standing figure of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ child, positioned beneath an ornate tripartite Gothic canopy. The seal is mounted to a tan cardboard card featuring extensive descriptive handwritten notes in black ink. The inscriptions identify the seal as belonging to Brother Peter (Frater Petrus de Prope Lignum), the Prior of the Carmelite (Karmelieten) convent in Woudsend, Friesland, Netherlands. The date Ao 1501 is inscribed at the top left. The bottom of the card contains a transcription of the seal's legend: S. PRIORATY - ECCLESIA. CONVENTUS WALDIORD. SEC - MARIE. A stylized monogram consisting of the letters JJ is located in the bottom right corner. Cardboard mount: 3 inches x 3 inches.