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Seals are still used for official purposes in a number of contexts. When collecting parcels or registered post, the name seal serves as an identification, akin to a signature. In banks, traditionally the method of identification was also by a seal. Seals remain the customary form of identification on cheques in mainland China and Taiwan. Today ...
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Nine-fold seal script [a] [1] [2] or nine-fold script, [b] [3] also translated nine-bend script, [3] or layered script [5] is a highly stylised form of Chinese calligraphy derived from small seal script, using convoluted winding strokes aligned to horizontal and vertical directions, folded back and forth to fill the available space.
English: Heirloom Seal of the Realm was the symbol of legitimacy for emperors during Imperial China. The words, "Having received the Mandate from Heaven, may (the emperor) lead a long and prosperous life." (受命於天, 既壽永昌) were written by Prime Minister Li Si.
Bach's seal (centre), used throughout his Leipzig years. It contains the superimposed letters J S B in mirror image topped with a crown. The flanking letters illustrate the arrangement on the seal.
The seal came into the hands of the later Yuan emperors. "Seal of the Emperor of the Great Ming" (大朙皇帝之寶; Dà Míng huángdì zhī bǎo) When the Ming armies captured the Yuan capital in 1369, it captured just one out of the eleven personal seals of the Yuan emperors. The Heirloom Seal was not found.
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