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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D187/1/141 |
| Title | Chirograph: the other half of the agreement between Abbot Walter and the community of Darley Abbey with their parishioners of Glapwell concerning the repair of the chancel of the chapel there |
| Date | [1248-1261] |
| Description | Seal: one wax (dark green) on a clean parchment tag bearing impressions from two matrices.
Front: conventual seal of Darley Abbey
Pointed oval, now 50x33mm, top and upper right lost, damaged to lower left, fair impression.
Motif description: Virgin Mary seated full-face holding in her right hand a sceptre resting on her right shoulder, Christ Child seated on her left knee, blessing.
Legend: [section lost] AN [?T]E [section lost] RIE : DE : DER[. . .]
Back: subsidiary seal (abbatical seal?) of Darley Abbey
Round, ?mm, clear impression.
Motif description: Winged figure standing to left facing right with right hand raised, nimbed figure seated to right facing left (the Annunciation)
Legend: [.]CCE DEVM PARIES [?BEI] : VIRGO [.][section lost] |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Hallowes family of Dethick and Glapwell, Derbyshire, and Muston, Leicestershire |
| Language | Latin |
| Copies | For photographic copy of D187/1/140 see D4725/1, A digital copy of this item can be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
| Acknowledgements | The seal was catalogued and described by Dr Elizabeth New, Aberystwyth University, in September 2021. |