. The Archaeological journal. No. 5. The seal of the Convivse of St. James of Wisby. A pointedoval seal 2j inches long by 2 inches wide. It bears the inscription : +s\- aonvrvjLR*: d<i visby Riprillnm Convivarum Sancti Jacobi de Visby. It will be observed that the. fir t letter of the word de is capriciou ly formed bo as to have the appear-ance of an K. Within ia the standing figure of St. .lames; his bead is ou1 EXAMPLES OF MEDLEVAL SEALS. 261 of all proportion, being too large for the rest of the body, while the lowerparts are also far too small, except the feet ; the head appe
. The Archaeological journal. No. 5. The seal of the Convivse of St. James of Wisby. A pointedoval seal 2j inches long by 2 inches wide. It bears the inscription : +s\- aonvrvjLR*: d<i visby Riprillnm Convivarum Sancti Jacobi de Visby. It will be observed that the. fir t letter of the word de is capriciou ly formed bo as to have the appear-ance of an K. Within ia the standing figure of St. .lames; his bead is ou1 EXAMPLES OF MEDLEVAL SEALS. 261 of all proportion, being too large for the rest of the body, while the lowerparts are also far too small, except the feet ; the head appears to betonsured, with the hair long and flowing behind the ears, which are thusplaced unduly forward ; the mouth is open, and surrounded by moustacheand beard ; the dress is a gaberdine, or simple frock, and round his broadneck hangs a cord supporting a bag or palmers scrip, on which is a largeescallop shell ; with the right hand he holds a staff ornamented with aknob at the top, and with a ferule and a point at the bottom ; in theleft hand he holds a closed book. The imperfections of this seal,together with the character of the letters, combine to give rather anearlier date to it, it may be of the early part of the XHIth century. Possibly these Convivas were only memb
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