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SOME USEFUL NOTES ON SEALS


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LEGENDS
(OF)= Old French (L) = Latin
Religious
AVE MARIA GRACIA PLENA – (L) Hail Mary full of Grace
AVE MARIA GRACIA PLENA COMINAE TAKVM - (L) Hail Mary full of Grace the Lord be with thee
CAPVT SERVI DEI – (L) The head of a servant of God (head of John the Baptist)
CREDE MICHI – (L) Believe in me
CREDO IN DEUM PATREM – (L) I believe in God the Father
ECCE AGNVS DEI – (L) Behold the Lamb of God (usually Lamb and cross staff with banner)
IESVS EST AMOR MEVS – (L) Jesus is my love
IESVS MERCI – (L) Merciful Jesus
IESVS NAZARENUS – (L) Jesus of Nazareth
IHC (or IESVS) NAZARENVS REX IVDAEORVM - (L) Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews
IHC EST AMOR MEVS – (L) Jesus is my love (IHC often as the central device)
IHV FILI DEI VT MISERERE ME – (L) Jesus Son of God have mercy upon me
S’VM PELLICANVS DEI – (L) I am the Pelican of God (pelican piercing breast to feed young)
TIME DEVM – (L) Fear God

With lion device – sometimes with rose
BEN PVR CELER GIS SVR ROSER – (OF) To hide well lie on the rose
DE SV LA ROSE LE LION REPOSE – (OF) On the rose the lion repose
ICI REPOSE LE LION – (OF) Here lies the lion
ICI DORT LE LION FORT – (OF) Here sleeps the strong lion
ICI REPOSE LION EN LA ROSE – (OF) Here lieth the lion on the rose
IE SV REY DES BESTES – (OF) I am the king of beasts
LEO TEGIT SECRETVM – (L) The lion holds a secret
S’VM LEO FORTIS – (L) I am a strong lion
S’VM LEO QUOVIS EO NON NISI VERA VEHO – (L) I am a lion I only carry the truth
WAKE ME NO MAN

With squirrel
I CRAKE NOTIS – I crack nuts
I BITE NOTES
I CRAK NOTS

Hunting - with hare or monkey sometimes riding on a dog or goat
ALLONE I RIDE HAVE I NO SWAYNE
ALONE I RIDE
IE VOIS A BOIS – (OF) I go to the woods
I HVNT
I RIDE
SOHOV – (OF) A hunting cry
SOHOV FOKELI – (OF) A hunting cry
SOHOV IE LAI TROVVE – (OF) Soho! I have found it
SOHOV IE LE VOI – (OF) Soho! I see it

With hawk (capturing bird or rabbit)
ALAS IE SV PRIS – (OF) Alas I am caught

Eagle
EST AVIS ASCENDENS – (L) It is a soaring bird

Secrecy
ACCIPE FRANGE LEGE – (L) Take break read
BRVSSET LISET ET CELET – (L) Break read conceal
CLAVDE REPONE TEGE – (L) Close set down conceal
CLAVSA SECRETA RETA TELO – (L) I conceal the enclosed secrets
CLAVSA SECRETA TEGO – (L) I hold secrets
IE SV METE – (OF) I am mute
IGNOTO NOTO – (L) I write about unknown things
MISSA LEGE LECTA TEGA – (L) Read the message cover the written word
PRIVE SV (SOUIS) – (OF) I am private
PRIVE SV ET POI CONV (PEU CONNU) - (OF) I am private and little known
SECRETA GERO – (L) I keep secrets(s)
SECRETI NVNTIVS – (L) Messenger of the secret
SI FRANGIS REVELO FRANGE LEGE TEGA – (L) If you break I record break read conceal
SIGILLVM SECRETI – (L) Secret sign
SIGNO SECRETA SIGNO – (L) In this sign I keep secrets
TECTA LEGA LEGA TEGA - (L) Read the message cover the written word

Loyalty and Love
DVLCIS AMORIS ODOR – (L) Sweet scent of love
IE SVY DAMVRS – (OF) I bring love
IE SVY FLVR DE LEL AMVR – (OF) I am a flower of true love
IE SV SEL DE AMVREL – (OF) I am a seal of true love
IE SV SEL BON E LEEL – (OF) I am a good and loyal seal
LEL AMI AVET – (OF) You have a loyal friend
LEL (LOIAL) AMI MVET – (OF) Loyal and mute am I
POI VAVT VIVRE SANS LEL AMI – (OF) Life is nothing without true love
SEEL DE SALVZ E DAMVR – (OF) Seal of loving greeting
SIGILLVM AMORIS – (L) Seal of love
SIGILLVM PACIS ET AMORIS – (L) Seal of peace and love
TENET LA FOY (FEY) – (OF) Keep faith
VEICI PARTI LEL – (OF) This is a loyal message


WEBLINKS

Seals
Durham University Library - The Durham Cathedral Muniments
http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/asc/seals/index.htm
Durham University Library - Medieval seals (based on Greenwell & Blair's catalogue)
A massive illustrated archive – use the handlist link
http://flambard.dur.ac.uk:6336/dynaweb/handlist/ddc/dcdmseal
The Schoyen Collection - Seals
http://www.nb.no/baser/schoyen/5/5.6/index.html#2223_14
Medieval Writing - Seals
http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/decoration/sealindex.htm
Public Record Office – An Introduction to Seals
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/preservation/advice/pdf/seals.pdf
The Library of the Medieval Institute – Medieval Seals
http://www.nd.edu/~medvllib/seals/

Occupations
Cyndi’s List - Occupations
http://www.cyndislist.com/occupatn.htm#General
Occupational By-Names in the 1292 Tax Role of Paris
http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/parisbynames.html
Latin Names of Occupations – Rafal T. Prinke
http://hum.amu.edu.pl/~rafalp/GEN/zawody.htm
A Barrel of Genealogy links – A list of Occupations
http://www.cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/terms.html

Names – General
White Trash Scriptorium
http://www.ipa.net/~magreyn/index.html#Record%20Interpreter
An Index to the Given Names in the 1292 Census of Paris
http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/paris.html
Medieval Names Archive
http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/index.shtml
Cyndi’s List - Names
http://www.cyndislist.com/names.htm
Kate Monk's Onomastikon - Dictionary of Names
http://www.gaminggeeks.org/Resources/KateMonk/

First Names
Feminine Given Names in a Dictionary of English Surnames
http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/
Yorkshire Given Names from 1379
http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/yorkshire.html#m1
Men's Given Names from Early 13th Century England
http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/eng13/eng13m.html
Women's Given Names from Early 13th Century England
http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/eng13/eng13f.html
Behind the Name – The etymology and history of first names
http://www.behindthename.com/
Given Name Index
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/1739/givennames.html
Archiver.rootsweb.com - Some Latin Christian Names
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/ENG-SHEFFIELD/2001-03/0983877466

Surnames
Cyndi’s List - Surnames
http://www.cyndislist.com/names.htm#Surnames
Family History Research - Surname Origins Index
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~haslam/surnames/soi.html

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