The study of seals attached to documents as a source of historical information

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Hospital, Liddington, Rutland, England: with coats of arms, seals and signet rings. Line engraving.

Catalogue of Islamic seals and talismans / by Ludvik Kalus.

Les cachets à collyres dans le monde romain / Jacques Voinot ; préface de Ralph Jackson.

Cylinders and other ancient oriental seals in the library of J. Pierpont Morgan / catalogued by William Hayes Ward.

Guide to seals in the Public Record office.

Éléments de paléographie / Par m. Natalis de Wailly.

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Catalogue of Islamic seals and talismans / by Ludvik Kalus.

Les cachets à collyres dans le monde romain / Jacques Voinot ; préface de Ralph Jackson.

Cylinders and other ancient oriental seals in the library of J. Pierpont Morgan / catalogued by William Hayes Ward.

Guide to seals in the Public Record office.

Éléments de paléographie / Par m. Natalis de Wailly.