46 1 Proceedings of the Roj/al Irish Acii<1cmy. 



is oval and measures '2-^ by 2 inches ; device, arms of the Deanery impaling 

 the arms of Daly, per fesse silver and gold, a Hon per fesse (sable and gules) 

 between two dexter hands in chief gules, surmounted by the crest of Daly, 

 under an oak-tree, a gi-eyhound running (sable). Below the shield, suspended 

 by a broad ribbon, is the Dean's badge as registrar of the Order of St. Patrick's, 

 a book with a shamrock in the centre, and one in each comer. Inscription — 



* SIG EOBEETI DALY AM DEC COL ET ECCL OATH ST PAT DUB 



IXS DECEM 1.3 1842 



Matrix of iS Aechdeacoh's Seal. 



There is only one pre-Eeformation matrix of an archdeacon's seal in the 

 Academy's collection, which is that of John, Archdeacon of Cashel. This 

 matrix departs from the usual type ; the device is a sea-horse cut in a blood- 

 stone set in silver. (Plate L, fig. 5.) Inscription — 



^ S'lOl^-JS aSSSLL SEatilD. 



It is not possible to identify the archdeacon for whom this matrix was cut, 

 but it probably belongs to the thirteenth century. It measures \-^ by -J-| 

 inches, and has a small looped handle. It was found about the middle 

 of the last century in Co. Tipperary.^ 



Mateices of the Seals of Chapters. 



Fre.-BjRforrtiaiwti. 



Matrix of the seal of the Chapter of Leighlin. The matrix is bronze 

 and circular ; it has a pierced handle at the back, and measures 2^ inches in 

 diameter. The device is, on the right, a figui'e of a bishop wearing a mitre 

 and a chasuble, holding in his left hand a crosier, and having his right hand 

 (on the second finger of which can be seen a ring) raised in benediction, 

 and on the left the figure of St. John the Baptist, holding a disc on which 

 is the Agnus Dei. (Plate L, fig. 8.) Both figui-es stand in niches under a 

 canopy. Inscription — 



5l SIGILLVM ; CAPITVLI : ffaaLffSia : LffThLIXGCXSIS. 

 This matrix is probably of thiiteenth- or early foiuleenth-eentury date. 



1 " Caulfield," p. 14, pi. iii, fig 



