Third Seal of the Chapter of Notre Dame de Paris

Holding Institution: Archives Nationales (Paris)
Catalog number: D7254
Date: 1222
Location: Paris

Size: 70 mm

Ecclesiastical seal
Paris


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Description:
 Blessed Virgin, seated and crowned, turned three quarters to the right, clothed in a robe and mantel, holding a branch of oak (?), her feet rest on a gargoyle; appended to an agreement between the chapter of Notre Dame and the Abbey of St Victor, January 1259

Transcription:
 congregatio s[anc]te [marie] parisiensis

Reference:
 Douët-d'Arcq, L. Collection de sceaux. Paris : H. Plon, 1863-1868.