_Fig. C._ _A Counterseal._ Twelfth century. Sulphur cast, 1¾ 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 × 1-7/8 in.
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 × 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 (somewhat resembling the throne on the _obv._ of the great seal of Edward I), in the right hand a book, in the left hand a knife. In the field, on the left a crescent, on the right an estoile, each between two groups of three small spots (the whole representing the heavens). Thirteenth century style of work.
[Symbol: Six-petals] SIGILLVM : COMMVNE : PRIOR' : ET : C[=O]V[=E]TV[S : S[=C]I : BA]RTHOLOMEI : LONDON'. (3492 and _Harl. Ch._ 83 A. 43.)
_Fig. G._ _Reverse of the same seal._ A church, with central spire, a cross at each gable end, masoned walls imitating ashlar-work, and traceried windows, standing on a ship with a castle at each end, that on the left pointed, that on the right square, on the sea.
In the field at the sides, the inscription:
NAVIS ECCL'E. CREDIMVS : ANTE : DEVM : PROVEHI : PER : BARTHOLOMEVM.