(Q46217)

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Manuscripts, Medieval--1200-1250
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Seals, wax
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Lumbres, Ernulfus de
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Seninghem (Pas de Calais, France)
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Extent: 1 leaf (1 box) : vellum ; 18 x 26 cm +
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Dated June 1220 "ante Damiettam", i.e. with the army of the Fifth Crusade during the siege of Damietta in Egypt.
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The 3 original seals depend from the bottom of the document on slips of vellum. They are: (1) in the center 7.4 cm in diameter, Elinardus, showing an equestrian figure on the obverse and arms (indistinct) on the reverse; (2) on the left 4.8 cm, Guillaume de St. Omer, showing his arms; (3) on the right 6.5 cm, Gillebert de Sotinghem, showing arms with a griffin segreant on obverse and reverse.
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With a slip of vellum and fragment of seal, with which the document was probably formerly tied up.
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Written in a gothic documentary hand in black ink in long lines.
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Bequest of Philip Hofer, 1984.
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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