The Virgin, with a crown and *nimbus*, seated on a bench with the Child – who also has a *nimbus* – on her left knee. At each side there is an angel waving a thurible. The background is *diapered*, with *cinquefoils* in each space; there is a border of twelve *cusps*.
Image description (reverse)
St. Clement, wearing a mitre and *nimbus*, is seated on a bench carved at each end to look like the forepart of a lion. His right hand is raised in benediction, and his left is holding an anchor on his shoulder; his feet are on a footboard. The background and border are the same as the obverse.
Legend (obverse)
SIGILLVM COMMVNE VILLE DE DUNDE AVE MARIA (“Common seal of the town of Dundee – Hail Mary”)
Legend (reverse)
SINGNVM SANCTI CLEMENTIS DE DVNDE (“Signum of St Clement of Dundee”)
Catalogue
B/Dun/1
Notes
Dimensions: 2 ¾ in. diameter.
SW I, p.59.
Note: Stevenson and Wood consider this a double-sided seal, by contrast with Laing, _Supplemental descriptive catalogue_, nos. 1211-2, who suggests that the reverse is in fact a counterseal. This is perhaps reinforced by the supposed obverse's reference to the church of St Clement, and the use of the term _singnum_ rather than _sigillum_. The date of the striking of the matrix is unknown; the earliest recorded use of the seal(s) is 1357.