Grigore Ghica, Voivode of Wallachia, reconfirms the tax exemptions of the monasteries of Mount Athos.
1664 (7172), May 20, Cuşmir Mansion
Slavonic in the original; parchment, hanging seal
BAR, Seal 171
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The word "seal" can mean both the object used for stamping, sometimes called the seal matrix, and the seal impression, also called a seal stamp or sealing. Seals have functioned as symbols of authority from the earliest days of medieval epoch.