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Description: | Cast copper-alloy pilgrim's badge, probably depicting St. James of Compostela. Circular, with front-facing bust of a pilgrim surrounded by a cabled border which has an undecorated rectangular extension mid-way on either side. The bearded male pilgrim is wearing a hat with broad floppy brim, and a cape held beneath the throat by a possible annular brooch. In his right hand he holds a staff with a rounded end and in his left hand he holds a book. In the centre of the reverse is an integrally cast rectangular-sectioned shank which has been folded over to form a loop. St James came to be looked on as the patron saint of pilgrims and so was often depicted in pilgrim's dress.
Diameter 27mm, thickness 1.5-3mm, weight 5.74g. This badge has been published in Medieval Archaeology vol 47 (2003) p. 205-6. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1400
1530 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Sally Worrell | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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