Takács Imre: Az Árpád-házi királyok pecsétjei (Corpus sigillorum hungariae mediaevalis 1. Budapest, 2012)

Catalogue

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Géza I(1074-1077)

Great seal (?)

Has not survived. A presumed reference to its use is a passage in the seal clause of the 1075 deed of foundation of the Garamszentbenedek Abbey: Et ut mea recalls institúció futuris temporilms firmitatem obtineat; manu propria subterfirmavi etsigillavi. (DHA, p. 218.) No impression is known.

9.

Ladislaus I (1077-1095)

Great seal

dinm: 75 mm

First royal wax seal of the House of Árpád to have survived complete. One impression known of, severely damaged and broken in two.

Blurred majuscule legend in framed border:

SIGILLVM EADESLAI REGIS

Original:

Pannonhalma, Benedictine Archabbey Archives, f. 1. n. 27. (1089/90)

Copies:

Budapest History Museum, inv. no. 66.1868.

Budapest, Hungarian National Archives, VI 8.

Budapest, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Art History, inv. no. 548.

Hunyitay 1892, p. 81; Fejérpataky 1892, p. 135; Áldássy 1902, p. 327; Bartoniek 1924, pp. 12-13, p. 25; Szcntpctcry 1930, p. 69; Jakubovich 1933, pp. 56-57; Kuntorovitz 1936, p. 54; Gerevicb 1938, p. 210; Domanovszky 1939, p. Ill; Huszár 1947, p. 16; László király emlékezete, fig. 55; Marosi 1980, pp. 214-215; DHA, Tab. IV. a-b; Mans Sneer III, pp. 246-247; Paradisian plantavit, p. 68; Bodor 2001, p. 5, fig. 10.

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Coloman (1095-1 116)

Great seal

dinm: 86 mm

Two known impressions, both from transcripts of charter issued by Stephen I (Pannonhalma, Veszprémvölgy). Despite the surface wear, both clearly show the place of where the matrix’s suspension loop or handle has made an impression on the wax.

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