People of Medieval Scotland
1093 - 1371

Seal-Matrix: Robert Wishart, bishop of Glasgow (d.1316) (privy seal)

Owner
Robert Wishart, bishop of Glasgow (d.1316)
Matrix Shape
pointed oval
Image description (obverse)
Single-sided privy seal, described by Stevenson and Wood as Robert's first seal, affixed to a charter of 1276, comprising a double niche with the bishop in the *dexter*, his right hand raised in benediction. In the *sinister* is Saint Kentigern, holding a salmon hauriant with ring in his right hand. Beneath in the niche is a bishop kneeling.
Image description (reverse)
Legend (obverse)
SECRETVM WISCHARD DEI GRA EPISCOPI GLASGVEN (“Privy seal of [Robert] Wishart, by the grace of God, bishop of Glasgow”)
Legend (reverse)
Catalogue
EA/Gla/5/1
Notes
Dimensions: unknown. SW I, p.110.