Sigillvm is a project that aims at the inventorying, cataloguing, organising and processing of Portuguese medieval secular clergy seals that exist in various institutions holding archives, collections of separate seals, and seal matrices. The project also aims at the repackaging and assessment of seal condition through the preparation of reports that recommend conservation and restoration measures.
This scattered and unknown world of seals will be presented on a database with descriptions and images, consisting of the first step towards the creation of a national online sigillographic catalogue.
Objectives
Inventorying, cataloguing and digitalisation of Portuguese medieval ecclesiastic sigillography, which consists of the first stage towards the preparation and presentation of a national online sigillographic catalogue.
Treatment, organisation, and preventive repackaging of seals and the documents they are attached to.
Evaluation of the numerical composition and condition of the sigillographic corpus that has been inventoried and catalogued.
Provision to each custodial institution of a rigorous categorisation of their seal collections, including recommendations on preservation and restoration interventions needed.
Digital availability and online dissemination of the catalogue with open access.
Promotion and dissemination of the project to a specialised public and to civil society, in particular the school community (with the provision of educational tools and content applicable in the context of the classroom), promoting knowledge about a valuable heritage of undeniable interest, and historical, documental and cultural importance, to this day almost ignored.
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