Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS vi
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS x
5. CULTURAL TRANSACTIONS: AN INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL SEALS FROM A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 1
6. SEALS AS CONCEPTUAL AND RITUAL TOOLS IN CHINESE BUDDHISM, CA. 600– 1000 CE 15
7. IMPRINTING POWERS: THE ASTROLOGICAL SEAL AND ITS DOCTRINAL MEANINGS IN THE LATIN WEST 49
8. A MEDIEVAL SOLUTION TO AN EARLY MODERN PROBLEM? THE ROYAL ANIMAL SEALS OF JAMBI 73
9. EXPRESSING NEW RULE: SEALS FROM EARLY ISLAMIC EGYPT AND SYRIA, 600– 800 CE 99
10. THE FORMULATION OF URBAN IDENTITY ON BYZANTINE SEALS 149
11. THE CLOTH SEAL: A MARK OF QUALITY, IDENTIFICATION, OR TAXATION? 167
12. ARCHAEOLOGY AND SIGILLOGRAPHY IN NORTHERN EUROPE 193
13. MEDIEVAL TREATIES AND THE DIPLOMATIC AESTHETIC 213
14. INDEX 239