Seal Collection

The seal collection in the Department of History belongs to the two chairs of Medieval History and Comparative German Regional History. It comprises about 60 casts and reproductions of medieval seals that were used to authenticate documents between the end of the 8th century and the 17th century.

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Prof. Dr. Stefan Tebruck

Literature: Stefan Tebruck, Die Siegelsammlung im Historischen Institut. In: Alissa Theiss/Michael Lierz (eds.), SACHVERSTAND. Die Sammlungen der Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen (Giessen 2021), pp. 139–145.