462 Proceedings of the Roi/ul Irish Academij. 



Tlie seal of the Consistorial Court of the Lord Bishop of Derry & Eaphoe, 

 1842. (The Hon. Eichard Ponsonby.) (Arms of Derry and Eaphoe quarterly.) 



The consistorial seal of Samuel (Hutchinson) Bishop of Killala and 

 Achonry, 1759. (Arms of the See of Killala, an open book enfiling a crosier 

 in pale.) 



The consistorial seal of Henry (Maxwellj, Bishop of Meath, 1766. (Arms 

 of tlie See.) 



Matrices of Deai^'s Seals. 

 Pre-jReformation. 



The Academy possesses the matrices of thi-ee deans' seals. The earliest 

 is the seal of Joseph, Dean of Armagh, 1256 or 1257.' 



The seal, which is of bronze, and pointed oval in shape, measures If by 

 lyg inches, and has a pierced handle. It is very finely cut, and varies 

 from the usual type in having as the device an eagle boldly executed 

 with outstretched claws and wings. (Plate L, fig. 4.) Inscription — 



^ S': lOSaB: DaaAXI: AEDllAah.AXI. 



It was found on the site of Temple Bridgit, in the City of Armagh. 



The next in date is the matrix of David, Dean of Kilmacduagh. The 

 matris is pointed oval, and measures 2\ by 1^ inches ; it is of thick 

 bronze, and has a pierced handle. It is a good deal worn ; the device, a usual 

 one in the fourteenth century, represents the Yirgiu and Child in a canopied 

 niche (Plate L, fig. 6). Inscription — 



Sigillum ^aviC) decani buafcenfis. 



The words of the inscription have fleurs-de-lys between them instead of stops. 

 No particulars are known of David, but his name appears as Dean of 

 Kilmacduagh in the early part of the fourteenth century.' The seal was 

 found in the ruins of the Cathedral of Kilmacduagh about 1849. 



Post-Beforrrmtion. 



The matris of Marcus Lynch, Dean of Clonmacnois, 1628.^ The matrix 

 of bronze is pointed oval in shape, and has a pierced hinged handle. It is 

 much abraided and has been repaired in one place. It measui-es 2\% by 



■Cotton, op. cit., vol. iii, p. 30 ; D. P. J., vol. ii, 1S33, p. 112 ; ArcWological Journal, vol. si, 



p. 73. r a > ' 



= Cotton, op. cit., vol. iv, p. 202 ; B. M. C, p. 714, pi. xii, fig. 17, 384. 

 totton, op. cit., vol. iii, p. 144. D. P. J., vol. i, 1832, p. 124. 



