Takács Imre: Az Árpád-házi királyok pecsétjei (Corpus sigillorum hungariae mediaevalis 1. Budapest, 2012)
Catalogue
44. Fifth double seal early 1288 - 1290 fragment: 60 x 65 mm No intact specimen known. The introduction of the new seal is mentioned in the seal clauses of several charters issued during 1288, giving “the various troubles, dissents and turbulence in our kingdom” as the cause of the change: .. .dupplicis sigilli nostri novi, quod pro bono et perpetuo statu regni nostri de baronum nostrorum consilio fecimus innovari, prior a et authentica sigilla nostra propter varia regni nostri discrimina, dissensiones et turbationes, quas ipsum regnum nostrum et nos usquemodo perpessi sumus, propria in persona confringendo... (MOL DL 1228, Fejér V/3, p. 397; cf. RegArp II, p. 400); In cuius rei memóriám perpetuamque firmitatem presentes concessimus litteras duplicis sigilli novi, quod pro bono et perpetuo statu regni nostri de prelatorum et baronum nostorum consilio fecimus innovaiH, munimine roboratas. (MOL DL 71.238, RegArp II, p. 396). Ladislaus IV’s last change of seal took place after he had been excommunicated, taken into captivity (late 1287), and then released (1288). He then broke his previous matrix with his own hand. Fragmentary legend in beaded line frame on the front: S(IGLLVM) LA[...] IE SERVIE / GAL[...] REGIS on the reverse (ligature: ML): SIGLVM LA[...] II Originals: Esztergom, Primatical Archives, Q 10. (attached later to a charter dated 1274) Budapest, Hungarian National Archives, DL 1229, 1254 (fragment of impressed front), 1283. Szentpétery 1923, pp. 316-317; Szentpétery 1930, fig. 12; Kovács 1984, p. 420, fig. 6; Kovács 1998, p. 347, fig. 97; Megpecsételt történelem, p. 34. Ladislaus IV (1272-1290) 45. Queen Isabella (Elizabeth) Double seal 1272-1290 diam: 85 mm No intact specimen is known. Several seals were made using only one side of the matrix, variously the front and back. The double cross with leafy branches on the reverse is the first example from Hungary of the combination of the crux vivifica and cruxgemmata representations of the cross. The goldsmith who engraved the matrix was almost certainly also responsible for Ladislaus IV’s second double seal in 1276. An imitation of the composition and style of the Queen’s seal may be seen on the double seal of Andrew Ill’s wife Fenenna. The lily, used as a decoration in the pattern and an auxiliary symbol, is the first representative of Angevin heraldic representation in Hungary. The text formula referring to the Queen’s origins has a precursor in the Hungarian court: the legend of Elizabeth the Cuman’s first seal. Fragmentary legend in beaded line frame on the front: ELISAB[ET ...] REGINA [...HVJNGARIE on the reverse: S(IGILLVM) ELISABET [FIL]IE CARVL[I IL]LVSTRI[S REGI]S CICILIE 182
