Medieval Seal Matrix.- Seal matrix inscribed "Pro Me Lavren Pe Tost Es Id Hom Habti", legend surrounding an image of St Lawrence holding a Gospel book in his right hand and a grid iron in his left, bronze seal matrix, [14th century].
Medieval Seal Matrix.- Seal matrix inscribed "Pro Me Lavren Pe Tost Es Id Hom Habti" ["You, pious Lawrence, a man of the cloth, were martyred for me, another man of the cloth"], legend surrounding an image of St Lawrence holding a Gospel book in his right hand and a grid iron in his left and below him under a pointed arch a monk with arms outstretched in prayer to St Lawrence, bronze seal matrix, 32 x 20mm, [14th century].
⁂ Provenance: Found at Chilton Cornard, Sudbury in Suffolk.
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Medieval Seal Matrix.- Seal matrix inscribed "Pro Me Lavren Pe Tost Es Id Hom Habti" ["You, pious Lawrence, a man of the cloth, were martyred for me, another man of the cloth"], legend surrounding an image of St Lawrence holding a Gospel book in his right hand and a grid iron in his left and below him under a pointed arch a monk with arms outstretched in prayer to St Lawrence, bronze seal matrix, 32 x 20mm, [14th century].
⁂ Provenance: Found at Chilton Cornard, Sudbury in Suffolk.