File:Walter fitz Alan (seal 01).jpg

Summary

Description

An illustration of one side of the seal of Walter fitz Alan. The seal reads "SIGILLUM WALTERI FILLI ALANI DAPIFERI REG.". The seal was appended to a charter by Walter, of the lands of Mauchline, in Kyle, to the Abbey of Melrose; circa 1170 (see source below, page 126, #769, #770).

Source

The image has been scanned from Descriptive catalogue of impressions from ancient Scottish seals, royal, baronial ecclesiastical, and municipal, embracing a period from a.d. 1094 to the commonwealth, plate 3, figure 1, by Henry Laing, published in 1850. This book was published in Edinburgh, Scotland. The illustration is not credited.

Date

The illustration was created in or before 1850.

Author

The illustration is not credited.

Permission
(Reusing this file)

This image is in the public domain in the United States because it was first published outside the United States prior to January 1, 1930. Other jurisdictions have other rules. Also note that this image may not be in the public domain in the 9th Circuit if it was first published on or after July 1, 1909 in noncompliance with US formalities, unless the author is known to have died in 1954 or earlier (more than 70 years ago) or the work was created in 1904 or earlier (more than 120 years ago.)^[1]

Other versions For the other side of the seal, see: File:Walter fitz Alan (seal 02).jpg.