People of Medieval Scotland
1093 - 1371

Seal-Matrix: Robert de Prebenda, bishop of Dunblane (d.1284) (counterseal)

Owner
Robert de Prebenda, bishop of Dunblane (d.1284)
Matrix Shape
oval
Image description (obverse)
Counterseal consisting of two canopied niches, in the *dexter* is Saint Blaan, with a mitre, his right hand raised in benediction and his left holding a crozier; in the *sinister* is Saint Laurence holding up a gridiron with his right hand. Beneath is a carved quatrefoil panel containing a bishop with a mitre, kneeling to *dexter* with folded hands, holding out a crozier in front of him.
Image description (reverse)
Legend (obverse)
SECRETI ROBTI DEI GRA DVM LA
Legend (reverse)
Catalogue
EA/Dunb/4/1C
Notes
Dimensions: 1 7/8 × 1 3/16 in. (cf. Greenwell and Blair's measurement of 22 × 29 mm.) SW I, p.136. Durham 3604.