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Seal of Vézelay Convent

Holding Institution: Archives Nationales (Paris)
Catalog number: B1297
Date: ca. 1345
Location: Burgundy

Size: 62 mm

Monastic seal
Convent of Ste-Madeleine de Vézelay


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Description:
 Apparition of Christ to Mary Magdalen, Christ on the left speaking the name "Maria," and Mary kneeling saying "Raboni". The two figures are separated by a tree

Transcription:
 sigillum conventus versilincensis

Reference:
 Coulon, Auguste. Inventaire des sceaux de la Bourgogne. Paris : Leroux, 1912.