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Description: | A broken, worn cast lead figure, possibly a late medieval pilgrim souvenir. The fragment is anthropomorphic and is decorated bifacially. It appears to be suited in the pointed helmet and armour of a medieval knight. As the finder suggests this could be a representation of a St George, images of whom can be found in Spencer (1990, 83; refs. 148-150). The arms appear to be bent in a posture characteristic of St George holding a spear, with one arm raised and the other bent round to grasp the spear towards its tip. In this example the arm is certainly bent round holding what appears to be part of a spear at the lower end. The 'spear' appears on just one of the faces, as a raised diagonal line across the body. Unfortunately the other arm is broken at then elbow. The artefact is also broken at the waist rendering this attribution only tentative. | 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: | 1450
1520 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Robert Webley | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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