Byzantine and Crusader seals from the collections of Dumbarton Oaks and the Fogg Museum of Art
1media/Screen Shot 2022-11-20 at 7.01.03 PM-min_thumb.png2022-11-20T16:02:27-08:00Alexandra Berardelli2e7f52c6d0d6708f55aaffea40a636e971dfc614394471Byzantine and Crusader seals from the collections of Dumbarton Oaks and the Fogg Museum of Artplain2022-11-20T16:02:27-08:00Alexandra Berardelli2e7f52c6d0d6708f55aaffea40a636e971dfc614
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12022-11-02T13:19:17-07:00Where did this go?8plain2022-12-21T07:30:41-08:00
There is no real way to track down where this particular seal went. It would have been created to accompany a particular document, and would have accompanied that document wherever it was sent, either just across the city of Constantinople or to far distant lands. Whoever received it would keep the document and seal alongside other documents and seals from various locations and figures of authority. It would become part of a collection witnessing legal, financial, or military agreements.
It’s difficult to pinpoint the routes along which this seal travelled before it ended up as part of the substantial seal collection at Dumbarton Oaks, in Washington DC. However, the seal began its journey at the court of King Amalric, where it was created from seal dies. It was then joined to an important document and carried to a high-ranking official, either inside or outside the borders of the crusader kingdom of Jerusalem.
