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Memento Mori Seal

Description

A seal dating from the reign of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), bearing the impression of a death's head and the legend 'N.R. MEMENTO MORI' ('memento mori' meaning 'a reminder that you are mortal').

Object number

STRST : SBT 1872-4
Date

c. 1600

Credit line

CC-BY-NC-ND Image Courtesy of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

Part of Exhibition

Shakespeare Connected - Not to Be: Death in the Collection

VocalEyes - Hall's Croft

An exhibition featuring audio descriptions of some of the Trust's Top 30 objects and Hall's Croft.

From the Library

Shakespeare and the stuff of life : treasures from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust / edited by Delia Garratt, Tara Hamling.

London : Arden Shakespeare, [2016].

2016

From the blog

End of Life, Start of Eternity: Stratford’s Tudor Wills and Impending Death

The Objects in Shakespeare's Will

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Memento Mori Seal

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From the Library

From the blog