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Description: | A medieval pilgrim badge representing St George on horseback slaying the dragon beneath him. The body of the dragon curls under the horse's hooves to form a semi-circular base. There is a vertical scar on the reverse where the pin or loop has broken off. The cult of Saint George in England during the Middle Ages focussed on Saint George's chapel in Windsor, where the relic of Saint George's heart was held. Pilgrim souvenirs were generally made close to the pilgrimage centre which they commemorated. Most frequently cast from lead-alloy and mass-produced, towards the end of the Middle Ages a greater number of examples appear in copper-alloy and silver. | 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
1599 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Daniel Pett | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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