Here are entered works on devices, such as emblems, symbols or words, used to authenticate writings or documents.

URI: <http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85119320#concept>

Type: Topical Term

Alternate Labels: Sigillography; Signets; Sphragistics

Broader Terms:

• Diplomatics
• Glyptics
• Heraldry
• History
• Inscriptions
• Intaglios
• Numismatics

Narrower Terms:

• Birds in seals
• Buddhist temples--Seals
• Cloth seals (Numismatics)
• Cylinder seals
• Fortune-telling by seals
• Indian seals (Numismatics)
• Ink-stones
• Jewish seals (Numismatics)
• Monasteries--Seals
• Naval architecture in seals
• Religious institutions--Seals
• Seal makers
• Sigils
• Stamp seals
• Templars--Seals

Related Terms:

• Emblems, National
• Signatures (Writing)

LC Classification: CD5601

Created: 1986-02-11

Last Modified: 1987-05-28 13:43:36

Similar concepts from other vocabularies:

• <http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb135538728>

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