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

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p. 272), the prelates and barons imposed an obligation on the King at his coronation to use only a simple seal to confirm charters for the following year; only after that was he allowed to use a double seal. Apart from this reference, there is no trace of Andrew III actually using a sigillum simplex, and he quite certainly used his double seal before the year had passed (e.g. 12 March 1291: Esztergom FL 66-1-6; MonStrig II, p. 281). The representational tradition of the double cross intertwined with a crown of thorns, starting with Stephen V’s double seal of 1272, came to an end on the death of Andrew III. Precursors of the orb with double cross go back to Emeric’s great seal; the most direct are the seals of Ladislaus IV. The impression of Andrew Ill’s Agnus Dei signet ring occasionally appears on the front of the seal.

Legend of the double legend on the front, framed by beaded lines, outer circle:

S(IGILLVM) ANDREE DEI GRA(CIA) HVNGARIE DALMACIE CROACIE RAME SERVIE GALICIE

inner circle:

LODOMERIE GUMANIE / RULGARIEQ(UE) REGIS

Legend on the reverse:

S(IGILLVM) ANDREE REGIS TERGII NEPOTIS ANDREE REGIS SECUNDI

Originals:

Esztergom, Cathedral Chapter Archives, 18-2-2.

Esztergom, Primatical Archives, M 9, J 10, J 12, Y 57.

Budapest, Hungarian National Archives, DL 50544, 58431, VI. 43-44.

Copies:

Budapest History Museum, inv. no. 66.1911.

Budapest, Hungarian National Archives, VI 43-44.

Budapest, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Art History, inv. no. 768, 733, 376/a.

Pray, Tab. IX/1, X/l; Török 1859, II, table V; MonStrigII, pp. 1, 19; Dory 1917, pp. 19-20; Bartoniek 1924, pp. 18, 25, 26; Szentpétery 1930, pp. 112-114; Gerevicb 1938, pp. 211-212; Kumorovitz 1942, p. 25; Gyóipjy 1959, p. 44; Dcér 1961, p. 294, Taf. XII/2; Kovács 1984, pp. 409,413, 416,421, fig. 4; Kovács 1998, pp. 343-344, 346-347, fig. 95; Megpecsételt történelem, 35; Bodor 2001, p. 9, fig. 26; Takács 2011, p. 91, figs. 6c, 7d.

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Queen Fenenna(1290-1295)

Double seal

diam: 90 mm

The known impressions are all fragmentary and incomplete. The image on the front is a simplified version of Queen Isabella’s double seal, omitting the back of the throne and the heraldic motifs. The gem-studded double cross on leaf base follows, in its essential details, the image on the reverse of Queen Isabella’s seal.

Fragments of legend framed by beaded lines on the front:

S(IGILLVM) F[ENENNE ... DEI GRACJIA REGINE [...] on the reverse:

S(IGILLUM) [... DEI G] RAC IA FILIE ZEMO[...]

Originals:

Budapest, Hungarian National Archives, DL 1320.

Esztergom, Primatical Archives, T 9.

Copies:

Budapest History Museum, inv. no. 66.1912,66.1913.

Budapest, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Art History, inv. no. 889.

Pray, Tab. IX/2; MonStrig II (in fronte dedicat. et praefac.); Dory 1917, pp. 19-20; Kumorovitz 1942, p. 25, fig. 3; Kovács 1984, p. 412, fig. 10; Kovács 1998, p. 343, fig. 101; Megpecsételt történelem, p. 37; Bodor 2001, pp. 10-11, figs. 34-35.

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