Richard Rawlinson and his seal matrices
Subtitle: collecting in the early eighteenth century
By: John Cherry
Contributors: Ashmolean Museum
Publisher: Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Oxford, United Kingdom]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781910807026
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Catalogs; Seals (Numismatics); Collectors and collecting; History; Ashmolean Museum
Description: The Rawlinson collection in the University of Oxford is the most important surviving early collection of European seal matrices. Created by Dr. Richard Rawlinson (1690-1755) in the first half of the eighteenth century, it consists of 830 matrices ranging from the Thirteenth to the early Eighteenth century. It contains examples from across Europe, including England, France, Germany, Spain, Scandinavia, Scotland and particularly Italy. Four introductory chapters will place the collection in the cultural history of the period. A fifth chapter will discuss its contribution to the sigillography of the different countries represented. One hundred seals will be described in detail and fully illustrated.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-185).