Grand Seal of Abbeville

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Holding Institution: Archives Nationales (Paris)
Catalog number: D5734
Date: 1320
Location: Picardy

Size: 85 mm

Municipal seal
Abbeville

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Description:
 Cavalier with a conical helmet, dressed in a mail coat, holding a long sword and a buckler with raised rays and border; appended to an act of July 1320: agreement between the king of England, as the count of Ponthieu, and the commune of Abbeville

Transcription:
 sigillum maioris communie abbatisville

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