Bringing the Holy Land Home: The Crusades, Chertsey Abbey, and the Reconstruction of a Medieval Masterpiece

Where did this go?

This seal went everywhere but nowhere. The seal itself would not leave the office of the emperor, so it would not have the opportunity to leave the Latin Empire in Constantinople. However, the faces of each side of the seal would travel far beyond the empire. Since the seal was used on official documentation for its authorization and protection, whoever received the document would technically also receive the seal. Therefore, even though the physical seal would not go anywhere, the exact images would travel across different lands and peoples.

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