Bergen, common seal, circa 1275

Bergen, common seal, circa 1275. It depicts a thirteenth-century sailing vessel with beast heads at bow and stern. The earliest illustration of reef points in a Scandinavian vessel. Inscription: 'SIGILLVM COMMVNITATIS : DE CIVITATE BERGENSI'. The cast is mounted on an emulsioned plywood backboard with a label.

Object Details

ID: SEC0021
Type: Seal cast
Display location: Not on display
Places: Bergen
Date made: ca.1275; ca.1275
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 13 mm x 87 mm