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Guild of Merchant Adventurers, York, circa 1382
Plaster seal cast of the Guild of Merchant Adventurers, York, circa 1382. It depicts the Holy Trinity between the hulls of two ships. Legend: 'SIGILLUM : COMUNITATIS : MERCOTOR : CIVITATIS : EOBORACI'. The matrix was found in the ruins of Shap Abbey in 1840. The cast is mounted on an emulsioned plywood backboard with a label.
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC0263 |
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| Type: | Seal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Places: | York |
| Date made: | ca.1382; 14C 1840 |
| People: | Guild of Merchant Adventurers |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 8 mm x 57 mm |