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Description: | Lead alloy circular pilgrim badge with part of the upper edge missing. The face of Christ is depicted in a frame with an outer frame of zig-zags within a pelleted border. On the reverse two small round lumps project from a median seam. The upper lump probably continued as an integral pin. The motif is known as a vernicle after Veronica who, during His Passion, wiped the face of Jesus with a cloth on which an image of the Holy Countenance was imprinted. Diameter 25.5mm. Thickness 2mm. 14th - 15th century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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