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

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the middle by a tower, but the tower is angular rather than round and its roof appears in the plane representation as a rhombus (Posse I, p. 20/5). Another potential typological precursor of the lead bulla is an eleventh-century bronze fibula of which several specimens have been found in Trier; it probably spread as a pilgrim’s badge. On these, the half-length figures of two saints (Peter and Paul?) grow out of a half moon-shaped ship (Das Reich der Salier, p. 136), similarly to the city wall and king figure on later imperial, and Hungarian royal, bullae.

On the front is an unframed legend in four lines (the initial R of the last line raised to the start of the third line):

SIGI / LLVM / GEISE / REGIS

Original:

Esztergom, Cathedral Chapter Archives, 31-1-1. (1158, only known specimen)

Copies:

Budapest History Museum, inv. no. 66.1872.

Budapest, Hungarian National Archives, VI 8a-b.

MonStriß I, Tab. V; Marczali 1896, p. 687, fig. p. 277; Fejérpataky 1892, p. 134; Varjú 1896, p. 146; Forster 1900, pp. 83-84; Áldássy 1902, pp. 318, 325; Ewald 1914, p. 123; Bartoniek 1924, pp. 12, 18, 19, 22, 26; Szentpétery 1930, p. 69; Kumorovitz 1936, p. 54; Gerevich 1938, p. 210; Domanovszky 1939, p. 123; Huszár 1947, pp. 13, 16; CAH, p. 63; Meßpecsetelt történelem, p. 19.

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Géza II(1141-1162)

Gold seal

Has not survived. Its use is mentioned together with the royal wax seal in a deed of gift issued to Archbishop Martirius of Esztergom in 1156, on the occasion of the consecration of the cathedral’s altar to the Virgin Mary: ... privilegii paginam cancciri constitui, et regii impressione sigilli, tam aurei quam cerei, tocius regni assensu stabiliri feci (Esztergom, FL 67-1-1; MonStrig I, p. 107; CAH, p. 65). No impression is known.

Marsina I, pp. 78-79; Makk 1993, pp. 29-35; CAH, p. 65.

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Stephen III (1162-1172)

Great seal

diam: 110 mm; sißnet rinß impression: 15-16 mm

The image corresponds to that on the royal seals of Béla II and Géza II. Its use is mentioned in 1162: per notarium Bicenum scribi, ac per Sudani capelle mee magistrum, sigillo regali muniri lege precepimus. (Sopron, Városi Lt. DL 1; Nagy 1889, pp. 2-3; CAH, p. 65); between 1164 and 65: ...sigillo regie maiestatissue hanc cartam muniriprecepit (Esztergom, FL 9-1-1; CAH, p. 69); in 1165: ... sigillo regie maiestatis... (MOL DL 76136; CAH, p. 68); in 1166: ...sigillo regali muniri feci.... (former Erdődy archives; (AH, p. 70); and in 1172: Rrescripta est autemhec cartula per Bycenium notarium etper Vidonem magistrum capelle sigillo regio insignitum. (PBFL c. 9 N; PRTl, p. 605; CAH, p. 76.)

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