The life and martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket . 88 ST. THOMAS OF CANTERBURY. [chap. 8 nor for the notary; and there was nothingexacted for seahng-wax, paper, or seal. For,says Herbert, whose image and superscriptiondoes the seal bear, that it should be bought andsold? The seaP that drew forth this remark,fragile though the substance was on which it wasimpressed, has come down to It represents the tall, beardless figure of theArchbishop, fully vested, wearing a mitre of 3 It is here reproduced from Mr. Gough Nicholss translationof Erasmuss Pilgrimages, 1849. The seal was also published int
The life and martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket . 88 ST. THOMAS OF CANTERBURY. [chap. 8 nor for the notary; and there was nothingexacted for seahng-wax, paper, or seal. For,says Herbert, whose image and superscriptiondoes the seal bear, that it should be bought andsold? The seaP that drew forth this remark,fragile though the substance was on which it wasimpressed, has come down to It represents the tall, beardless figure of theArchbishop, fully vested, wearing a mitre of 3 It is here reproduced from Mr. Gough Nicholss translationof Erasmuss Pilgrimages, 1849. The seal was also published inthe Journal of the British Archaological Association, part i. vol. , 1854. ii62] THE ARCHBISHOP IN HIS PALACE. 8g unusual form, and having in his left hand ashort pastoral staif, the crook turned inwards,and corresponding precisely with the descriptionof that pastoral staff, of pear-wood, with thehead of black horn, which was preserved forcenturies among the relics at Canterbury. Theinscription simply announced that it was theseal of Thomas, by the grace of God Archbishopof Canterbury. A few words must yet be added to this per-sonal sketch on the subject of his self-denial with regard to food and sleephas already been mentioned, and a hair-shirthas been alluded to; but nothing has yet beensaid of the unusual severity of this instrumentof penance. It w
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