People of Medieval Scotland
1093 - 1371

Seal-Matrix: Mark, bishop of the Isles (d.1303)

Owner
Mark, bishop of the Isles (d.1303)
Matrix Shape
unknown
Image description (obverse)
Single-sided seal. The bishop is depicted according to Stevenson and Wood ‘in usual attitude and vesture’, i.e. front face with his right hand raised in benediction and his left holding a crozier, and within a Gothic niche.
Image description (reverse)
Legend (obverse)
S’ MARCI DEI GRACIA SODOREM EPISCOPI (“Seal of Mark, by the grace of God, bishop of Sodor”)
Legend (reverse)
Catalogue
EA/Sodo/2/1
Notes
Dimensions: unknown. SW I, p.151.