Single-sided seal depicting a bareheaded abbot standing front face on a corbel, holding an owl in his right hand and a crozier in his left. There is a star to *dexter* and a crescent to *sinister*.
Image description (reverse)
Legend (obverse)
S’ ABBATIS DE SACRO NEMORE (“Seal of the abbot of Holywood”)
Legend (reverse)
Catalogue
A/Holyw/2
Notes
According to Stevenson and Wood, this is the second abbatial seal, from the thirteenth century.
Dimensions: 1 5/8 × 1 in.
SW I, p.184.