MAKE A MEME View Large Image Matilda.JPG for this engraved version on page xl of the Illustrated Edition of A Short History of the English People is as follows <blockquote> GREAT SEAL OF THE EMPRESS MATILDA 194 This is the only seal which Matilda is known to have used; ...
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Keywords: Matilda.JPG for this engraved version on page xl of the Illustrated Edition of A Short History of the English People is as follows <blockquote> GREAT SEAL OF THE EMPRESS MATILDA 194 This is the only seal which Matilda is known to have used; its legend Mathildis Romanorum Regina shows that it was made for her in Germany before her first husband's crowning at Rome A D 1111 </blockquote> It does appear to be based on the same seal shown in this 1909 photograph It is unknown whether the additional detail shown in the engraving was present on the seal or added by the engraver PD-old Seals of medieval monarchs of England Empress Mathilda Seals of German emperors 1111 A Short History of the English People 1892 etc by John Richard Green
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