The National Archives in the UK also has some:
https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/medieval-seal-bags/
as do the Dutch:
https://pti-medhis.csic.es/blog/2023/07/27/out-of-the-bag-a-conversation-about-medieval-seal-bags/
& I love the bug-eyed woolly lions protecting the Great Seal of England's King Edward I, dated 1280:
https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/edward-i-and-eleanor-of-castile
& the story of the eagle bag at Westminster Abbey:
https://www.imprintseals.org/The_Lonely_Seal_Bag_of_Westminster
#medieval #textiles #SealBag #WaxSeal #WestminsterAbbey Medievodons group (npub1n4j…gpq2)
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