Yellow jasper gem in a medieval seal matrix: Pegasus

PP-ID:

PP-5909

Classification:

pendant; gem, non-specified; seal matrix

Collection ID:

UK-BM-BEP_1956,1203.3

Collection:

London, British Museum

Collection Inventory:

1956,1203.3

Material:

jasper, yellow; silver

Dimensions:

pendant: 32 × 25.5

Date:

pendant: 13th–14th century; gem: 2nd–1st century BC

Iconography:

Pegasus; winged figure

Provenience:

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Seal matrix
Rounded oval silver pendant with an intaglio in the centre, surrounded by an inscription. On the back, a central ridge extends to a loop at the top. Complete; soldering line clearly visible along the back outline.
+SIGILL:WILL:I:DE:BOSCO → Sigill(um) Will(elm)i de Bosco. ‘Seal of William de Bosco’

Gem
Horizontal oval yellow jasper intaglio. Pegasus in profile, galloping to left. Nearly complete, with a small chip along the left edge, from which a branching horizontal crack extends across the surface

Selected bibliography
• Henig 2008 >>, 27, no. 6.1.

Further resources on PP-5904
• The British Museum Collection online

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2025.10.22 16:00:55

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