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The Corpus of Minoan and Mycenaean Seals (CMS) has been published exclusively in a printed version since being established in 1958. The project’s aim is the scholarly publication of every preserved seal and clay cast from the Aegean Bronze Age. Most of the Corpus should be digitized, updated and available on the internet for free before the project ends in 2011. The project was conducted in cooperation with the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz and the Academic Workplace Corpus of Minonan and Mycenaean Seals" in Marburg under the scientific supervision of the Commission for Archaeology of the Mainz Academy. Volume 7 covers seals kept in five English museums are published in CMS VII. The majority of the seals included in the volume come from the collection of the British Museum. These seals were assembled by various collectors from the late 19th to the early 20th century. The remaining seals published in the volume are housed in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Manchester University Museum, City of Liverpool Museum, and City of Birmingham Museum. The volume contains Middle Minoan, Late Minoan, and Late Helladic seals."