MEDIEVAL BRONZE 'BARTHOLOMEW THE FREPILLONIAN' LION AND UNICORN SEAL MATRIX 13th-15th century AD A cast discoid seal matrix with pierced loop to the reverse; the design a rampant lion and unicorn opposed within a band of text in Lombardic script '*bVRTELIMILEPRAPELIOVN' ('Burthelm the Frepillonian'). 3.94 grams, 19 mm (3/4"). Fine condition. Provenance Found Surrey, UK. Footnotes The inscription on this seal appears to indicate that the owner, Burtelimi (Berthelme or Bartholomew) was from a place named Frapeli which might well be the French town today known as Frepillon.
MEDIEVAL BRONZE 'BARTHOLOMEW THE FREPILLONIAN' LION AND UNICORN SEAL MATRIX 13th-15th century AD A cast discoid seal matrix with pierced loop to the reverse; the design a rampant lion and unicorn opposed within a band of text in Lombardic script '*bVRTELIMILEPRAPELIOVN' ('Burthelm the Frepillonian'). 3.94 grams, 19 mm (3/4"). Fine condition. Provenance Found Surrey, UK. Footnotes The inscription on this seal appears to indicate that the owner, Burtelimi (Berthelme or Bartholomew) was from a place named Frapeli which might well be the French town today known as Frepillon.
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