26-03-2026, 09:07 AM
... With the opening of this discussion section, dedicated only to the seal, I return to my interest in the parchment.... 
It's just a curiosity and my opinion. Based on what the sphragistics experts at the State Archives told me, namely that it could have been made with a pendant or a ring, I assume it was a ring on the right or, more likely, left middle finger. Because: if you imprint a manual stamp (with a handle or pendant), you look at it to understand the correct direction of pressure, while you don't do this with a ring, because the direction is always the one of the finger. Let's imagine the parchment rotated with the long side, the one with the seal, towards us and we imprint the seal with our fist. I noticed that, in any case, a slight twist to the right of the right fist naturally occurs, and an even greater one with the left, but the seal shows greater pressure on the upper/left part (which has detached over time) than on the lower/right part, and this makes me think of the left hand applying more force upwards. Obviously, I'm thinking as a right-handed person and without physical proof, only virtual!
It's just a curiosity and my opinion. Based on what the sphragistics experts at the State Archives told me, namely that it could have been made with a pendant or a ring, I assume it was a ring on the right or, more likely, left middle finger. Because: if you imprint a manual stamp (with a handle or pendant), you look at it to understand the correct direction of pressure, while you don't do this with a ring, because the direction is always the one of the finger. Let's imagine the parchment rotated with the long side, the one with the seal, towards us and we imprint the seal with our fist. I noticed that, in any case, a slight twist to the right of the right fist naturally occurs, and an even greater one with the left, but the seal shows greater pressure on the upper/left part (which has detached over time) than on the lower/right part, and this makes me think of the left hand applying more force upwards. Obviously, I'm thinking as a right-handed person and without physical proof, only virtual!