Seal matrix
Unknown Artist
- Art Funded
- 2016
- Dimensions
- 4.6 × 2.6cm
- Vendor
- Queen's & Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer
This is the only existing seal matrix belonging to William de Lamberton, Bishop of St Andrews.
It is a distinctive example of Medieval craftmanship and design, featuring a saltire with a scallop shell, a metaphor for St Andrews as a site of pilgrimage. The presence of a bird and a fish may allude to LambertonÂ’s connection to Glasgow Cathedral, where he was canon and later chancellor.
Provenance
Found in the Boarhills region of Fife specifically NGR: NO 57586 13801; handed to the Treasure Trove unit