Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Oath of office for coiners and minters of Avignon and register of officials
France, Avignon, ca. 1411
MS M.300 fol. 11r

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Escutcheon of Pierre de Foix -- Heraldry of quarterly 1 and 4, paly or and gules, and 2 and 3, or two bulls gules wearing bells, surmounted by cardinal’s hat with tassels on each side. Margins decorated with bezants and scrolling foliage entwined around bar border, foliate extension with head of bearded hybrid man in lower margin.