Single-sided seal depicting the Virgin and Child in majesty; the Virgin holds in her right hand a sceptre with a dove, and a ring in her left a ring (a flower, according to Greenwell and Blair). The Virgin is crowned, and the Child wears a *cruciform nimbus*; his right hand is raised in benediction and he holds a book in his left.
Image description (reverse)
Legend (obverse)
SIGILLVM . SANCTE MARIE CHALODENSIS ECCLESIE (“Seal of the church of Saint Mary of Kelso”)
Legend (reverse)
Catalogue
A/Kels/1
Notes
First seal of Kelso Abbey, twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
Other features: raised rim.
Dimensions: 2 7/8 × 2 in. (73 × 55 mm. [SCRAN]; 70 × 51 mm. [Durham])
SW I, p.187.
Scran ID: 000-180-001-802-C
Durham 3665.