People of Medieval Scotland
1093 - 1371

Seal-Matrix: Richard de Prebenda, bishop of Dunkeld (d.1210) (privy seal)

Owner
Richard de Prebenda, bishop of Dunkeld (d.1210)
Matrix Shape
pointed oval
Image description (obverse)
Counterseal or privy seal (secretum) depicting a bishop (Saint Columba), half-length in profile to *sinister*, with mitre and his right hand raised in benediction, his left holding a crozier.
Image description (reverse)
Legend (obverse)
SECRETEVM SANCTI COLVMBE or (per Durham) SECRETVN . SANCTI . COLVMBE (“Privy seal of Saint Columba”)
Legend (reverse)
Catalogue
EA/Dunk/2/1C
Notes
Dimensions: 1 ¾ × 1 in. (44 × 25 mm.) SW I, p.141. Durham 3605 (2).