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Bruce C. Willsie Collection of British Sigillography

(C0953)
 

Finding Aid
 

Manuscripts Division
Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Princeton University Library
2003


Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 95 seal matrices in bronze, latten, lead, and copper alloys; 11 separate royal wax seals; 7 documents with wax pendant seals; 2 documents without seals; approximately 100 seal impressions (made in the 1860s); printed reference materials concerning seals; and a manuscript relating to the use of royal seals (17th century).

Arangement
Organized in five chronological groups:  Romano-British Seals; Royal, Court, and Noble Seals; 13th-Century Seals; 14th-Century Seals; 15th-Century Seals.


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Last Modified: February 01 2008

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