A treasure expert is appealing for local historians to solve a mystery around the owner of a medieval seal matrix. The 13th or 14th Century silver matrix - used to stamp an impression on wax seals ...

The books hail from Clairvaux Abbey, founded in 1115 by Cistercian monks in northern France, and its daughter monasteries. Some tomes are nearly 900 years old. Researchers had thought they were ...

The seal matrix belonged to a medieval gentleman called Walter. The red jasper gem was carved in the Roman period.A seal matrix was used to make a mark in hot wax to seal letters and documents.

The seal is inscriped "+ S' IOh'S ' DE : hEDENAM" in medieval Latin ... Century silver matrix - used to stamp an impression on wax seals - was discovered by a detectorist in March last year ...

The seal is inscriped "+ S' IOh'S ' DE : hEDENAM" in medieval Latin, which means the "Seal of John of Hedenham" [Andrew Williams/Norfolk County Council] ...