File:P93b-Great Seal of William the Conqueror.jpg
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English: Great Seal of William the Conqueror (c. 1067)
"the very first equestrian seal on record is that of William the Conqueror. The double-sided seal die adopted by the Conqueror after Hastings is a celebrated though not fully understood artefact. [...] The great novelty is the equestrian obverse, which depicts William as duke of Normandy [...]. It shows a man wearing a helmet or crown, mounted on a gallopping horse, and holding a shield and banner with three streamers. This image may seem banal, but it is not, for it was completely new in the 1060s. Indeed, I think William was the inventor of the equestrian princely seal." Jean-François Nieus, "Early Aristocratic Seals: An Anglo-Norman Success Story" in: Van Houts (ed.), Anglo-Norman Studies XXXVIII: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 2015 (2016), p. 101 |
| Date | 1067; 1865 |
| Source | "Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Volume 1" p. 93. Internet Archive |
| Author | John Cassell |
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