Sigillvm
roberti
SIGILLVM . ROBERTI . FFLII . WALTERI. On it an armed A common and graceful form of private seal in the 13th and 14th centuries has simply a shield with the owner's 
arms on a diapered background, the whole enclosed within many-cusped tracery. Fig. 8 shows an example of a fine Graeco-Roman gem, - a carnelian engraved with a
female head, full face. The 14th-century owner of this has added a metal setting with the words CAPVT
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