Cast of a seal of Robert Poucin, Commander in Normandy, 12th Century.
- Object Number: LDOSJ_2249
- Date: 1100 - 1199
- Subject date: 1100 - 1199
- Production: 1850 - 1915
- Description: Cast of an impression of an engraved gem with a head in profile facing left. Around the side of the cast reads: Collection des Archives Nationles.
- Additional Information: This is a cast of an original impression of an engraved gem used as a seal in Archives Nationales, Paris (Seal impression no.9,906). Original used by Robert Poucin, Commander of the Hosptial in Normandy, and attached to a donation (MSS S 5049, no.21).
- Place: Museum of the Order of St John
- Inscription obverse: ...PAUPER...
- Form or Iconography: Cast
- Form or Iconography: Plaster
- Material:
- Cast
- Plaster
- Diameter: 29 mm
- References
Author or Editor Type Title Page/Figure/Catalogue No. King, E.J. 1932 Literature Seals of the Order of St John of Jerusalem 62 Fincham, H. W. 1915 Literature Catalogue of the Museum at St.Johns Gate Douët d'Arcq, L. 1863 - 1868 Literature Collection de sceaux 247 - Related People:
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- For more information contact: Museum of the Order of St John
Museum of the Order of St John and the University of Birmingham 2016