BSG.CS.01272 — Cloth Seal, France, SAINT-QUENTIN, Aisne, Fleur-de-lis

From a shipwreck off the English Coast*, ?mm. *known to be carrying a cargo from Nuremberg and also from the area now known today as Belgium.

Fleur-de-lis, undiciphered (Lombardic?) inscription around // traces of stamping

The general appearance is consistant with cloth seals from the Flanders area (Belgium). Possibly Armentieres, France, see BSG.CS.01271.

From Philippe Lanez, "from SAINT-QUENTIN, departement Aisne (02) (where I was born) former Picardy Region, nowadays Les Hauts de France. This city has a very ancien drapery tradition. A mullet of spur at the begenning of the legend, which has been the mark for the coins mint place, confirms a latin legend, where I & N are probably ligatured. If we had refered to the legends of local hammered, we had encountered many weird variations. An interessant article (all french) about the history of the hansea XVII places exporting fabrics early XII & XIIIth cies, and a way for reading lombardics. Les XVII villes, une hanse vouée au grand commerce de la draperie."