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Antique Religious Wax Seal Impression of the Convent of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Cardstock - This item consists of a circular red wax seal impression mounted to a square of tan cardstock. The central iconographic image depicts a seated Madonna and Child positioned within an architectural niche or throne under an ornate canopy. The scene is enclosed by a circular border containing a legend in raised Gothic blackletter script. Portions of the legend are legible, including the characters SIGILLVM at the upper right and BEATE MARIE along the bottom edge. The mounting card features handwritten identification in ink. At the top, the card is inscribed with the Dutch word Kerkzegel, meaning church seal. Below the seal, the Latin text reads S. conventus......... / ..... beata Mariae (e?), which translates to Holy Convent of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This piece represents a late 19th to early 20th-century historical record or collector's impression taken from a medieval or early modern seal matrix, likely originating from a religious institution in the Netherlands. Cardstock: 3 1/8 inches x 3 1/8 inches Seal Impression: 1 1/2 inches in diameter.