Seal Matrix

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The Hunt Museum
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Release Date
2021-11-19
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Material: Bronze. Accession no: MG 046. Current Location: [The Hunt Museum,](https://www.huntmuseum.com/) [Limerick](https://www.geonames.org/7778675/limerick-city.html). A [medieval](http://n2t.net/ark:/99152/p08m57h8zmq) [seal](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300028877) matrix in bronze gilt, pointed oval in shape. The front has the image of a standing bishop with three [fleur-de-lis](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300009966) on each side and a crown beneath. There is an [inscription](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300028702) around the edge which reads: S LUDOVICUS REX FRANCIE ORO MINORUM. The back is shaped in the form of a raised leaf within a raised circle of leaves. [More](https://www.huntmuseum.com/explore/item/99b4cfb6-ad7f-3226-a37f-f548a3e83877/?s%3Dseal+matrix&pos=5).