People of Medieval Scotland
1093 - 1371

Seal-Matrix: John, bishop of Aberdeen (d.1207)

Owner
John, bishop of Aberdeen (d.1207)
Matrix Shape
pointed oval
Image description (obverse)
Single-sided seal depicting the bishop front face with mitre, depicted standing on a corbel with his right hand raised in benediction and his left holding a crozier.
Image description (reverse)
Legend (obverse)
SIGILLVM : IOHANNIS : ABERDONENSIS EPISCOPI. (“Seal of John, bishop of Aberdeen”).
Legend (reverse)
Catalogue
EA/Abe/1/1
Notes
Dimensions: 3 1/8 × 7/8 in. (76 × 22 mm.) SW I, p.122. Durham 3595 (1). Greenwell provides ABER, Birch ABIR… in their transcriptions of the legend (refer to Stevenson and Wood).