SCEAU DE PONS RICAVI

SEAL OF PONS RICAVI
CANON OF NÎMES
Scutiforme metal alloy matrix,
(broken) ram-like grip with slight dorsal
ridge. The field is engraved with a shield
in saltire of plains.
Legend: + : S'. POCII.RICAVI.C.NEMAVN :
in engraved capital letters between a fillet
and the field.
France, Nîmes, late 13th century,
early 14th century.
Height: 2.6 cm - Width: 2.1 cm
(Very good condition, damaged setting)

A canon of Nîmes by the name of Pons Ricavi
is mentioned in 1290 [in Eugène de Rozière, "L'école
de droit d'Alès au XIIIe siècle", Bibliothèque
de l'École des chartes, 1870, n° 31, p. 64-67]

PROVENANCE
Private collection Nîmes (Gard)

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Yvan Rocher, et alii, "Veille documentaire.
Matrices inédites", Revue française d'héraldique
et de sigillographie | Veille documentaire,
2023-1, June 2023, - Pages 34 and 35 (reproduced)