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Durham University Library is offering a fine picture collection of medieval seals. It is highly recommended to consult also the handlist with exhaustive descriptions and lots of pictures!Sample entry:3691      n.d.Bilvelt, HermannDescription: Oval. Above in an upper canopied niche is Our Lady nimbed and robed, holding a sceptre in her right hand and the child Christ on her left arm. Beneath is St George on horseback spearing the dragon. Below is a shield of arms, a cock.Size: 73 x 22 mm.Inscription: S' HERMANI D'BILEVELT . DECRE ... DOCT' SACRI PALI AP'CI CAR' AVDITOR'. note2.1.Arch.Dunelm.18[with picture and additional information:]Styled Hermannus de Bilvelt decrettorum doctor praepositus ecclesiae St. Andree Inningen (?) domini Papae capellanus, etc. Bilvelt is probably Bielefeld in Westphalia. The seal is impressed on a facing of red wax deeply sunk in a cup of white wax.