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Description: | Lead pilgrims ampulla broken into two pieces, dating from the 13th century. The ampulla would have been used as a minature phial to transport a dose of holy water from a particular pilgrim site and would have had a small handle on each side so that it could be suspended from the wearers neck; on this example these have broken off. The ampulla has cast decoration on both faces. The obverse has a crowned ?W? which has been found on many ampulla before. It is possible that this motif relates to the cult of Our Lady of Walsingham and was connected to the large pilgrim site of Walsingham. It has also been suggested (Spencer, 1990) that the ?W? may in fact have been meant as V V to stand for Virgo Virginium and M for Maria when turned upside down. The reverse of the ampulla has the common scallop-shell pattern. The ampulla weighs 29.9g and measures 54mm in length, 31mm in width and 6mm in thickness. | 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: | 1200
1350 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Anna Marshall | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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