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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bluumz, post: 10678559, member: 649&quot;]Hopefully, you can provide a better-focussed photo of the seal. Being able to read the motto will really help, as well as making out what&#039;s depicted on the shield. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Likely Bishop Somebody, due to the galero (hat) and twelve tassels.</p><p>It was in 1832 that the number of tassels was fixed at 30 (15 each side of the shield) for cardinals. A system for distinguishing ranks of of other clergy, including number of tassels, didn&#039;t start until 1905.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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