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    ECCLESIASTICAL SEALS 4 December 2014 The Swedenborg Hall 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London WC1A 2TH King Robert the Bruce Ril G Timeline Re fee Guest Auctioneers TimeL ine Auctions are pleased to announce the debut of two celebrity auctioneers in our December sale and at our Champagae reception at 6pm on 2nd December 2014, Sean Kelly, presenter of the popular US reality TV show Storage Hunters, has joined our team. Storage Hunters regularly attracts more than a million viewers when it airs in the UK. Sean completed filming of a UK-based version of the show (Storage Hunters UK) over the summer; the first episode will be aired on Dave TV on October 26th. The popularity of the format and Sean’s dynamic presentation. style promises to make the UK version a ‘guaranteed suceess. Sean will he at our reception and will also auction our Viking antiquities, commencing at 3.gopm on 3rd December 2014, «Schein; LMNs placea the Swedenborg all ‘Sich fs stuated wth 200 ian Ne ein allo dnteoe of Holbor Tottentam Court Roa! a personality and host Lindsey Gundersen is an on-location reporter as well as an established broadcaster with many years professional experience. A farmer Sky studio anchor, she is a wine expert by specialism, and, being a fluent Mandarin speaker, has gained a considerable reputation as an actor and presenter in China, Lindsey will open our Champagne reception witha short seminar on aequiring. and collecting ancient jewellery. She will conduct the aneient jewellery sale from 1.gopm through to 2.45pm on December rd, and, time permitting, the sale of ‘medieval seal matrices. ECCLESIASTICAL SEALS Head Office ‘TimeLine Auctions Limited Timeline House 1&2 Anterial Road East Horndon, Brentwood M13 31), UK Website ‘www timelineauctions.com Viewing Tuesday 2 December 12 noon to 6 pm ‘Wednesday 3 December © am to 10 am Viewing & Champagne Reception Tuesday 2 December 6 pm to 8 pm ‘Auction Wednesday 3 December 2:45 pm Bids ‘+44 (0)1277 818121 +44 (0)1708 225689 fax bids@timolineauctions.com Please note that absentee bids can be submitted on our system up to 8 am on ‘Wednesday 3 December 2014, unless. submitted by e-mail orn person Bidding by telophone can be arranged for any lot by prior arrangement ‘Sale Number: 97b Catalogue: £15 THE ART LOSS = REGISTER” Ripon ea 4 December 2014 The Swedenborg Hall 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London WC1A 2TH ceo Brett Hammond Heads of Departments Antiquities: Brett Hammond Coins: Christopher Wren Collectibles: Shaun Evans. Consurants Dr, Ronald Bonewitz (Gemstones & General Antiquities) Peter Bufton (Far Easter, Islamic & Ethnographic) Poter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS (Egyptian) Richard Falkiner, FSA (Jewellery & General Antiquities) Bret Gaunt (General Antiquitios) Dane Kurth (Greek & Roman Coins & Antiquities) David Miller (Coins & General Antiquities) ‘Stephen Pallington (Anglo-Saxon & Viking Antiquities) Dr. Laura Proffit (Classical & General Antiquities) Siefany Tomalin (Beads & Associated Jewellery) Italo Vecchi (Coins & General Antiquities) ‘Auctioneers: Robin Baker FRNS ‘Sean Kelly (Storage Hunters) Lindsey Gundersen (SKY TV Anchor) Press Desk Edward Fletcher BA (Hons) Head of Photography Denis Cook Catalogue Production & Layout Damir & Davor Radic General Enquiries #44 (0) 1277 815121 enquiries @timelineauctions.com Coins: Tanja Maijala Antiquities: Stephen Pollington ‘Customer Accounts Manager: Helena Penkul Auction Administration: Reginald Brenchley Auction Security: Joshua Davies Please see page 2 for bidder information including after-sale collection Ploase soe pages 238 and 240 for Terms and Conditions and Absentee Bid Form {also downloadable from our website) Iustretions| Front and back cover: Lot 744 Contents ‘TimoLine Auetions Ecclesiastical Seals 4 December 2014: From 2:45 pm (Lot 744-759) King Robert the Bruce of Scotland & Dunfermline Abbey Cokete Seal Matrix Pair By Ecclesiastical Seals 12 Explanation of Symbols ® Lots lusrated on our website, liveauctonee's.com and the-saleroom.com but notin this catalogue Red Title Lots offered without a reserve ° subject to CITES regulations when exporing outside EU * VAT payable at 20% on hammer price and buyers premium Bidding This is @ rostrum auction and there wil belive internet bidding through wen the-saleroom.com and www iveauctioneers.com. The buyer's premium is 21% inclusive (ve internat bidding is subject to adltional charge of 3% + VAT). TimeLine Auctions is not responsible fo any rrissed lois or bids due fo network spaed or downtime. Bidders are reminded that our wobsite carries high-resolution enlergeatie colour images of all ofthe items strated inthis cateiogue, together wrth hers not ilstrated in print. An Absentee Bicing Farm is included a the back ofthis catalogue and cen be mailed, faxed or emailed, to reac us by no later than 8 pm BST on Monday 1 December 2074. Alternatively. please register on our website and record your absentee bids free of charge via your online account: www.melineauetions.com. Please do ‘ot consider your commission form to have been successfully logged unless you have received an acknowledgement from us. Collection and Storage Alllots wil be avaliable forcolection from The Swedenbory Hall upto 7 pm onthe day ofthe sale, ater which ime they wl be sent for storage. Lots wil be available to collet from our Essex premises from Monday & December 2014, after which storage charges may apply Notice to Buyers: ‘Some [ots wil require export licences in order to leave the UK or EU, please contact us for advice if required. We ty to provide information regarding general condition, restorations, repairs and damage for each ot but this is necessarily subjective, The absence of specif information ‘doos nat imply thatthe lots fee from dafects or that ts in good condition. Bidders should satisfy themselves in all respects by personel inspection before bidding, Esimate ranges are provided for general information only and are given in Pounds Storing (2), and for antiquities, ‘>pproximate equivalents in Euros (EUR) and US Dollars (USD), Hammer prices may fall ous the ranges incicated. Al bids and payments ‘must be mage in Pounds Stering (2). Please be aware that items containing rested animel-derived material such as coral or wvary wll need 2 specialist CITIES export license to leave the EU. How to Find the Auction Venue The Swedentorg Hollis locatod in the heat of London, aproximalely 200 metres from Groat Russell Sreet and the British Musou, ‘The nearest London Underground stations are Holborn and Fussell Square, Local Hotels ‘There are several hotels within @ short walking distance, including The Holiday Inn and The Thistle Hotel in Bloomsbury. Lpuctitons Rea Roa tecrclinmrae tee tag Byancentnts Ecclesiastical Seals Lots Vie ma heye) Ecslosiaatoal Seale “TimoLine Auctions King Robert the Bruce of Scotland and Dunfermline Abbey Cokete Seal Matrix Pair The use of seal, are essentially implements oF tools for impressing 2 design into clay or wax {0 validate a document, to identi the Sender, of to prevent interference, was fist attested in ancient Mesopotamia, where cylinder seals were commonplace. The Egyptians used seals, often inthe form ofa scarab, on the doors of ‘tombe and as signets; ine Romans and Byzantines used perscnal ‘and offal seals extensivaly, and Chinese imperial officals took great pide in their large seals of jade. Seals have always boen items of Salus, produced for an individual person, ofice, or institution and ceretlly protected, ‘Some are of generic and simple design, others are very complex end ‘may be inscribed wit the name and tes ofthe bearer, an invecation ta gods, an assertion of rights or anather sentiment; some earvey a curse on anyone interfering with them. Intaglio gemsiones and other materials were also used 8 seals o incoporated in ther abrc. In Bhtain and in continental Europe, the use of seals as a ‘signature’ {and to validate documents became de rigeur for all levels of society ‘rom the midcle Sexcn period onwards. Royal seals on charters end grants, seals of cies, corporations, boroughs and religous foundations, seals of office, and personal seals confrming ‘commercial or lagal documents were both highly recagnisable and ‘esteemed, Many tore easly identifiable iconography at a time when few ordinary people were iterate Seals were also made and used where cartain rights had been assumed or conferred. The practise of 3 monarch to allow = borough fr church institution the right to collect and use revenues from customs duties or taxes, for exemple is reflected inthe use of'cokete! seals, ‘Such a seal for Dunfermline Abbey i offered in this sale; twas used ‘indicate that the taxes of dutes payable on goods had been paid ‘ver to the Abbey. These righ might be granted by @ monarch for limited periods or purposes, such a5 that graned tothe Mayor and ‘Community’ of Waterford by Richard Il in 1386 for a period of three ‘years for the purpose of building or maintaining the walls and defences forthe ciy (see Patent Rol, 12 Richard Il) or in perpetuity, fsuch a that fo Dunformiine Abbey’ as a religious offing to the church and to God. Other examples known for Scotland include that ‘or the Regally of Melrose (14th century AD), Inverness. and CCromerty, Stratheam (in the person ofthe Esti of Sttatheam, 1th century AD) and the City of St Andrews (16th century) In Scotland, especially, the obscure tem ‘cokete' has historically been applied since atleast the 13th century AD toa 'eal ofthe customs house’ or ' document bearing such a seal as evidence that customs dutles had bean paid. Iwas usual fora ‘Clerk ofthe Cokele’ to he appoinied ta hold the seal and authorised to issue customs documents. has been reasonably suggested that the name comes from the Lalin phrase ‘quo quiets est (oy which he is qui) which are the normal last oF closing words on a customs house receigt of the Mecieval period ~Cjggeting ROBERTVS DEI GRACIAREX SCOTORVM, Roem en teen eee o neces Bete Seat ergot cree emer ea paper and ink label tothe ld with manechrome depletion of the oe en erga handariton toxt ‘The Cokete Seal of the Regaity of Dunfermline Parietal gam Ror emea naa een 2nd Februaty 1867" and "The Cokete Seal of the Regality of ORs ee eee ra ee Sed Cee ee er ee Pens rt at ne Reo Carn ae ee cn otaecd Ck ce eects ee eRe ee ee rs eee eee eye eet Pine eres ante eer Vee Pvc ee it Pree ey Dee) ood Ne eee ee ety Gere era a reese eee | ener ee re earn rs show signs of usage woar and the beginnings of cracking at the Sonnet eee ee eed to force the beeswax mixture fully into the design recesses. itis Pea aren thorny er es eee crn er een ee cere rrs ae Ecslosiaatoal Seale “TimoLine Auctions Contemporary documents: 1) Robert the Bruce royal charter of 1315 AD to Dunfermline Abbey: "Robert, bythe grace of God King of Scots, to ll upright men in his vole land, grating: Know ye that, fo the safely of our ow soul and that of ur predecessors and successors, Kings of Scotand, we have given, granted, and by this our present Charter, have confirmed to Got, the Blessed Miarythe Vigin, the Church ofthe Holy Tiny, enc ‘St Margaret, Queen of Dunfermiyn, and tothe monks serving and to seive God forever in the same, the right of patronage of the vicar Church of Inverkeithing, withthe pertinent, as rely and quiet uly peacefully, and honourably as the predecessors formery of Roger de. Moubray knight, who had freed itto us, have held and possessed the said ight of patronage most freely, quiely, and honourably in all ‘things, by rendering to us nothing therefore by only the sufrages of ‘their prayers: Besides, we cive and orent, end. by tis our present charter, confirm to the foresaid monk, the whole of our new great Customs rom all their lanes within aur kingdom viz, the land of the burghs of Dunfarmiyna, Kirkcaldy, Mussolburgh, and Queensforry, ‘nd from all their other lands whatsoever, To also let tho said monks. have and usa their um Kekota, according tothe iberias of that regaliy, and our present concession inal their foresaid lands; and let this Koketa be acknowledged and acmitted by all burgesses and ‘ur people, and foreign merchants throughout our whole kingdom, vthowt obsttction from our chamoeriains, or ther servants of ours whatsoever for the time being, without pettion from any other Allocation af ibeatan, by finding fr this our donation and concession ofthe said Customs for us and our successors, in honour of Gad and the Blessed Virgin Mary. and tne aforesaid Blessed Margaret in the CChoir in front of her shrine, one wax candle solemnly lighted, continually and forever. In testimony whereof we have caused cur seal io be altached to our present Charier, these fathers being winesses. William, and Wilam, Bishops of Si. Andrews and Dunkeld; Bemard, our Chancellor, the Abbot of Aberborthck; Duncan ‘and Thomas Randolph, of Fife" (Registrum de Dunfermelyn, No. 340, 232-233); 2) Royal writ of Robert the Bruce dated 10th July, 1322 to the Magistrates of Bruges: "Rober, by the Grace of God, King of the ‘Scots, wishes prosperty and a continual inerease of happiness to our very dear fends, the Magistrates and Ministers ofthe Burgh, and the ‘whole community of the City of Bruges, Knowr ye, thal fom 3 regard {o Divine cant, we have granted to the religious men, the Abbot and Convent of Dunfermline, our Monks, the whole of our large Customs ‘om all their ands within our kingdom, in fe, pure, end perpetual aims: wherefore we have thought, wherever and whenever your merchants with their merchandise, shall present to you in due form the sa of the said religious men, your waele communiy should ba requested to be careful to receive it as our own proper Seal In ‘estimony whereof we send you these our letters patent. Given at Scone, on the tenth day of July, in the sixteenth of our reign” (Registrum de Ouniermelyn, No. £96, 2.415; Femie’s Hist. Dunf. p.195-195; Mercer's The History of Dunfermline from the Earliest Records Down to the Present Time, pp. 306-207) 53} For tha year 1322 AD, tom tho records of Dunfemtia Abbey: "The CCocquet Seal ofthe Regaliy Court of Dunfermline was engraven this ‘year by sanction of King Robert the Brice. by Chapter. deted at Scone, 10th July. 1322, along with letters patent to all who pad customs at Bruges, in Flanders or elserhere, nofng tat wherever this Seal vas in due form produced, it was to be recognised as the autho fr callacting ho customs granted to the Abbay by the King, pan 4) Great Customs of Dunfermline. Raber the Bruce intimated, by Chante, to his Great Chamberlain, thatthe Aabey had a aft of the Great Customs of Wool, Skins, and Leather, arising from their own lands and men throughout the whole kingdom, This Charteris dated ‘Forfar, 10th September, 1322." (Registtum de Dunfermealyn, p. 247, No. 382; Dal. Man. An. p 20, ala p. 252, No. 369.) 10

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