FLANDERS, - Lot 63

FLANDERS, Set of three seals:Joint seal of Maximilian I, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (1459-1519) and Charles V, Sovereign of the Netherlands (1500-1558), circular, featuring the arms of the Emperor and his grandson, supported by a griffin and a lion, surmounted by the shield of Flanders, encircled by a phylactery charged with the imperial titulary, red wax, parchment fragment, lateral accidents, early 16th century, (Olivarius Vredius, Sigilla Comitum Flandriae, Jean-Baptiste Kerchovium, Bruges, 1639, p.150);seal of the officiality of Cambrai in the form of a mandorla decorated with a Gothic cathedral portal surrounded by two eagles, surmounting the arms of the metropolitan chapter, encircled by the legend, SIGILLUM SEDUS CAMERACENSIS, counter-seal featuring a stag surmounting an eagle, green wax with parchment fragment, minor accidents, 14th century;casting of an equestrian seal. Diameters: 8 cm; 7 cm; 6 cm