1/8 x 2 in. when perfect.

Pointed oval: St. Bartholomew standing, with nimbus, lifting up the
right hand in benediction, in the left hand a long cross.

... HOSPITALIS SANCTI ... HOLOME ...
(3487. lxviii. 45.)

[Illustration: A B C]

_Fig. B._ Twelfth century. Sulphur cast from imperfect impression. About
21/2 x 21/4 in. when perfect.

Oval: St. Bartholomew, with nimbus, lifting up the right hand in
benediction, in the left hand a long cross. The saint is half length on
the section of a church, with round-headed arches, and two circular
side-towers.

[Symbol: Maltese Cross] SIGILL' CONVENTUS ECC ... HOLO ... I.
DE. L[=V]DON.
(3488. lxviii. 22.)

_Fig. C._ _A Counterseal._ Twelfth century. Sulphur cast, 13/4 in. A
church, with central tower, a cross at each gable end, and two tall
round-headed arches in the wall, standing on a ship of antique shape,
with curved prow and stern, each terminating in a bird's head, on the
sea. In a field over the tower, the inscription: NAVIS ECCL'IE. On the
left a wavy estoile of six points, on the right a crescent.

SIGILL' : PRIORIS : ECCLESIE : S[=C]I:BARTOLOMEI.
(3489. lxviii. 23.)

_Fig. D._ _Later Seal._ Thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Sulphur cast
from imperfect impression. About 3 x 1-7/8 in.

[Illustration: D E F]

Pointed oval: St. Bartholomew standing on a lion _couchant guardant_, in
the right hand a knife, his emblem, in the left hand a book. Overhead, a
trefoil canopy pinacled and crocketed. On each side in the field a tree
on which is slung by the strap a shield of arms: England.

S'C ... E. HOSPITAL ... SANCTI : BARTH'I.
LONDON'.
(3490. lxviii. 46.)

_Fig. E._ _A Counterseal._ Thirteenth century. Sulphur cast from chipped
impression. 1-1/4 x 7/8 in.

Pointed oval: the impression of an antique oval intaglio gem. An eagle
displayed.

[Symbol: Maltese Cross] SI ... HOSPITAL'. S. BARTHOL'.
(3491. lxviii. 47.)

_Fig. F._ _Common Seal of the Prior and Convent._ A.D. 1533. Bronze-green:
fine, showing marks of the pins or studs employed to keep the two sides
of the matrix in proper position, 2-1/8 in.

_Obverse._ St. Bartholomew, seated on a carved throne