March
23
/ 2022
In 2020 the Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs (DRAC) in France’s northernmost region, Hauts-de-France, requested that the country’s National Monuments Center (CMN) begin renovation of an historic royal castle located in the commune of Villers-Cotterêts in the department of Aisne. While searching a room in the north wing of the royal residence earlier this year, the archaeologists discovered a rare St George seal that represents one of the most significant finds to emerge from their explorations. According to the official Inrap French press release, this 15th-century St George seal was of the type known as a seal matrix, which is an engraved metal object (bronze in this instance) that would have been used to put a wax seal of identification
