BSG.CS.00085 — Cloth Seal, Belgian, Malines, Crosier

Found in North West Essex, 25 x 14mm.

Crosier, M lne to sides (Gothic / Lombardic script with line above lne*), plant motif background // crosier on plant motif background

*see No.326, Fig.43, Geoff Egan, Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum, (B.M.occ.papers 93).

The city of Malines, also known as Mechelen, was a major producer of woollens in the late-medieval period.