People of Medieval Scotland
1093 - 1371

Seal-Matrix: Robert Bruce V, lord of Annandale (d.1295) (2)

Owner
Robert Bruce V, lord of Annandale (d.1295)
Matrix Shape
round
Image description (obverse)
Single-sided seal (c.1280) depicts Robert, unusually, on horseback to *dexter*, wearing a hauberk, surcoat and grated visor, with a sword and a shield bearing arms of a saltire and *chief*. The same arms are repeated on the *caparisons* of the horse.
Image description (reverse)
Legend (obverse)
SIGILLVM ROBER[TI] DE B[RVS] (“Seal of Robert [de] Bruce”).
Legend (reverse)
Catalogue
P/Bru/3/2
Notes
Dimensions: 1 ½ in. diameter. SW II, p.263, no.587.