People of Medieval Scotland
1093 - 1371

Seal-Matrix: Hugh de Sigillo, bishop of Dunkeld (d.1229 or 1230) (1)

Owner
Hugh de Sigillo, bishop of Dunkeld (d.1229 or 1230)
Matrix Shape
pointed oval
Image description (obverse)
Single-sided seal. The bishop in profile to *sinister*, with mitre, his right hand raised in benediction and his left holding a crozier, standing on a plinth. On the *dexter* side is a crescent enclosing a cross *pattée* *fitchée*, on the *sinister* is a bird perched on a tree.
Image description (reverse)
Legend (obverse)
SIGILL’ HVGONIS DEI GRA DVNKELDENSIS EPI (“Seal of Hugh, by the grace of God, bishop of Dunkeld”)
Legend (reverse)
Catalogue
EA/Dunk/3/1
Notes
Dimensions: 2 13/16 × 1 ¾ in. SW I, p.141.