People of Medieval Scotland
1093 - 1371

Seal-Matrix: Robert, bishop of Ross (d.1271)

Owner
Robert, bishop of Ross (d.1271)
Matrix Shape
pointed oval
Image description (obverse)
Single-sided seal. The bishop is depicted in a canopied niche, front face, with mitre, and his right hand raised in benediction while his left holds a crozier (though the surviving impression is fragmentary).
Image description (reverse)
Legend (obverse)
…. BERTVS E ……… C ROSSENSI (“[Seal of] Robert, b[ishop] of Ross”)
Legend (reverse)
Catalogue
EA/Ross/2/1
Notes
The letter C in the legend appears only in the British Museum cast cited by Stevenson and Wood. Dimensions: approx. 2 1/8 × 1 3/8 in. (54 × 35 mm.) SW I, p.161. Durham 3612 (1).