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135: 259: 38: 380:, involving the study of Byzantine lead seal impressions and the text and images thereon. Its importance derives from both the scarcity of surviving Byzantine documents themselves, and from the large number (over 40,000) of extant seals. One of the largest compendiums of Byzantine seals can be found in the large volume by 287:
began to record and to discuss the historic use of seals in the 15th century. In the 16th and 17th centuries the consideration of seals became a fairly widespread antiquarian activity. Notable early students and collectors included
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documents. It investigates not only aspects of the artistic design and production of seals (both matrices and impressions), but also considers the legal, administrative and social contexts in which they were used. It has links to
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compiled a substantial study titled "Aspilogia", but this remained in manuscript: the first work to reach print was a much slighter tract by John Lewis,
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Oikonomidès Nicolas, Dumbarton Oaks International Colloquium on Byzantine Sigillography and International Congress of Byzantine Studies. 1987.
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Harris, Oliver D. (2019). "Fragments of the past: the early antiquarian perception and study of seals in England". In Whatley, Laura (ed.).
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Sandri, Leopoldo (1955). "La 'Sigillografia Universale' di Anton Stefano Cartari: contributo agli studi di sigillografia nel sec. XVII".
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Bascapé, Giacomo C. (1969). "Storia della sigillografia". In Bascapé, Giacomo C.; Welber, Mariano (eds.).
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Sigillografia: il sigillo nella diplomatica, nel diritto, nella storia, nell'arte
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The first international colloquium on Byzantine sigillography was held at
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The first published treatises dedicated to seals included Giorgio Longo's
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Washington D.C: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection.
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Dissertation on the Antiquity and Use of Seals in England
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Sigillography is also an important subdiscipline of
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De veteribus Germanorum aliarumque nationum sigillis
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A.; McGuinness, Andrew (1996). 219: 688: 385: 344: 334: 326:De sigillorum prisco et novo jure tractatus 324: 318: 308: 267: 203: 323:(Bruges, 1639); and Theodorus Hoepingk's 122:Learn how and when to remove this message 257: 149:, also known by its Greek-derived name, 133: 661: 628: 552:A Companion to Seals in the Middle Ages 210:, meaning 'seal', and the Greek suffix 14: 719: 643:Harvey and McGuinness 1996, pp. 24–25. 549: 462: 405:Sigillography features in the plot of 138:19th-century drawings of the seal of 537:participating institution membership 503:participating institution membership 60:adding citations to reliable sources 31: 708:Studies in Byzantine Sigillography. 694:Sigillographie de l'empire Byzantin 599: 387:Sigillographie de l'empire Byzantin 186:. A student of seals is known as a 24: 554:. Leiden: Brill. pp. 129–54. 400: 25: 743: 577:A Guide to British Medieval Seals 242:, is derived from the Greek word 662:Kazhdan, Alexander, ed. 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Richard de Clare ("Strongbow"), Earl of Pembroke
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