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Today is the feast of St John the Apostle, seen here with eagle and palm in the silver seal matrix of (the half-figure is 8mm high), & in the sumptuous Breviary of Marie de St Pol, best friend of the . 🧵 1/3

📷 MS Dd.5.5 f.217v https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DD-00005-00005/410; https://barnes1.net/seal/

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St John in the silver matrix – beardless with a similar mop of hair, holding a spiky eagle and a palm branch.

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Until this year, the only published photo was so fuzzy that there were debates as to whether there was a bird, and interpretation of the palm. Even with the RTI image, discussion continues. Falconer friends think this most resembles a , scaled to speak comfortably to St John, while… standing on his fist? as raptors usually do… or on his open palm? as a trusted messenger of God? 🧵 2/3

St John in the drawing by illustrator Sarah Beare, with the eagle standing on an open palm.

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A stone carving of the 1359 seal, scaled up 20x for visibility, was unveiled at this year - celebrating the 50th anniversary of the admission of women to a college rescued by a woman more than six centuries ago! A booklet explains the ongoing relevance of her educational vision, and powerful imagery. https://barnes1.net/seal/ 🧵 3/3
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Book cover, with an 18th century portrait of the Lady overlooking the medieval silver seal matrix and her figure outlined in stone at the initial stages of the new stone carving. The book title is 'The Clare College Seal & the making of the Seal Sculpture'.

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A joy to be at Clare College to unveil the stone sculpture of the 1359 seal - greatly enlarged for visibility! Wonderful workmanship by Cardozo Kindersley Workshop, http://kindersleyworkshop.co.uk

Iconographic key & more at https://barnes1.net/seal/

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The medieval seal, with numbered key to the iconography. For the text to match the numbers, please look up the website. Can you see 14 people, 5 lions, 2 castles, an eagle and a lamb? The original silver masterpiece is 6cm high.

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The seal, first used in 1359, is "an extraordinary depiction of female vision, & female faith in the importance of education, & a woman's power & ability to accomplish that vision... We have one of the world's greatest stonecutters a mile up the road, who also happens to be a woman."
Informative & entertaining talks by Jackie Tasioulas, & Lida & Roxanne Kindersley, preceded the unveiling of the sculpture, & are online at https://stories.clare.cam.ac.uk/unveiling-of-lady-clares-seal/

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In 2020 we published a 2nd edition of the definitive biography of the - & then we learned more about the evolution of her heraldic & visual identity. New insights came from archaeology, from archives, & from drawing & carving which brought details from hands to eyes. Two books now available at : booksites https://barnes1.net/FHGE/ & https://barnes1.net/seal/

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'The Clare College Seal & the making of the Seal Sculpture' is now free to download from the booksite:
https://barnes1.net/seal/

Background in last year's🧵 above ⬆️

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