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

Catalogue

Reconstructed legend in majuscule script: COLOMANNVS DEI GRATIA VNGARORVM REX

Originals:

Pannonhalma, Benedictine Archabbey Archives, c. 13 A. (suspended front the interpolated copy of the deed of foundation of Pannonhalma Abbey, 1001)

Budapest, Hungarian National Archives, DL 11. (suspended from a transcript of the Veszprémvölgy deed of foundation)

Copies:

Budapest History Museum, inv. no. 66.1869.

Budapest, Hungarian National Archives, VI 4.

Budapest, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Art History, inv. no. 149.

Pray, Tab. VIII/ pp. 1-2; Fejérpataky 1892, pp. 135-137; Marczali 1896, pp. 221,686; Baráti 1896, pp. 61-65; Áldásw 1902, pp. 326-327, figs. 207-208; Bartoniek 1924, pp. 12, 25; Jakubovich 1933, p. 58; Gcrevich 1938, pp. 210-211, CCXXXIII/1; Szentpétery 1938, pp. 339-341, figs. 2-3; Domanovszky 1939, p. 117; DHA, Tab. V. a-b; Mons Sacer I, pp. 67, 118; Paradisum plantavit, p. 64; Bodor 2001, p. 5, fig. 11.

11.

Béla II (1131-1141)

Great seal

diam: 110 mm

In its size and composition, the image corresponds to the royal seals of Géza II and Stephen III. Use of the seal is mentioned in the seal clause of the 1137 charter for the consecration of Pannonhalma church: Preterea nostre impressionem regalis imaginis per Johannem notarium apposuimus... (PBFL c. 9. K; CAH, no. 15. 48); in the charter confirming the foundation of the Dömös Provostship (1138): Cancellarius, qui hoc Privilégium Regio consignavit Sigillo, Johannes films Woth fiúit... (MonStrig I, p. 97); and in the charter issued in the matter of Pannonhalma Abbey’s lands in Sala (1138): ... super cartam presentem nostre regalis ymaginis impressionem per Johannem notarium apposuimus... (MonStrig I, p. 99).

Preceding the legend is a Greek cross with four points between the arms. The fragmentary legend in a largely worn beaded frame:

BEL[A] D(E)I GRAfTIA] HfVNGARI ]E DfALMACIE A]C CROVATIE REX

Originals:

Pannonhalma, Benedictine Archabbey Archives, c. 52 P. (1131?)

Pannonhalma, Benedictine Archabbey Archives, c. 9 K. (1137)

Copies:

Budapest History Museum, inv. no. 66.1871.

Budapest, Hungarian National Archives, VI 7.

Fejérpataky 1892, pp. 137-138; Áldássy 1902, p. 328; Bartoniek 1924, pp. 14, 25, 26; Gcrevich 1938, p. 210; Alom Sneer I, pp. 273-274; Bodor 2001, p. 5, fig. 12.

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