Kujbusné Mecsei Éva - Mykhailo Mishuk (szerk.): Bereg vármegye pecsétjei - A Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg Megyei Levéltár Kiadványai II. Közlemények 47. (Nyíregyháza, 2017)

county seal therefore failed to supersede the individual seals of the sheriffs who continued to use their own signet rings for the verification of official documents.“1

Picture 521 21 22 23 24 25 - The corroborant seal of Bereg, 1587

No specimen of the 1571 seal of Bereg has been found. What is known from contemporary sources is that the circular seal was u27 mm in diameter with no inscription on it, and the coats-of-arms of the four baronies were chiselled into shields”.2' That seal is lost. Perhaps it disappeared when, in retaliation of György Rákóczi IPs Polish campaign, Lubomirski marauded Beregszász and its neighborhoods. As a compensation, György’s son, Ferenc Rákóczi I, donated a silver seal to the county with the following inscription: aFranciscus Rákóczy de F fieri curavit. Anno 1657”.24 25

Picture G1'' — Seal of Bereg county, 1657

21 Lajos Horváth: Pest megye városi, községi és megyei pecsétjei, 1381-1876. (Pest Megyei Levéltári Füzetek 4. Budapest, 1982) I. A pecsétek története. A megyehatóság pecsétjeinek története. http://library.hungaricana.hu/htLview/ PESM_Lf_04/?query=SZO%3D%28megye%20pecs%C3%A9t%29&pg=14&layout=s (accessed 2 March 2016)

22 MNL OL V5 - D - I. - a - Vármegyék - Bereg - No. 1-4. Photo: Erika Czikkelyné Nagy (MNL OL)

23 Lehoczky, 1881. 308.

24 To the order of Ferenc Rákóczi of Felsővadászi in 1657.

25 Guarding place in the Historical Repository of Hungarian National Museum.

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