Seal and Charters
The earliest member of the Crovan dynasty who is known to have utilised a seal was Haraldr's paternal-grandfather, Guðrøðr Óláfsson (d. 1187). Haraldr's seal depicted a sailing ship on one side and a lion on the other side. The seal itself and two of Haraldr's charters were lost in the fire that destroyed many of the priceless documents of the Cottonian Library, in October 1731. Fortunately for historians, the seal and two of Haraldr's charters were documented about a century before their destruction by Sir Christopher Hatton (d. 1670), in his Book of Seals.
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Famous quotes containing the words seal and/or charters:
“Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.”
—Bible: Hebrew Song of Solomon 8:6.
“In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by Power. In America ... charters of power [are] granted by liberty.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)