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Description: | A cast copper alloy religious or pilgrim's badge depicting St Roch and dating to the Medieval period.In the centre of the object is the figure of St Roch wearing a pilgrim's hat, with a bag and a staff to his right. He is exposing a plague sore at his groin. On the right is a small dog rearing up his staff and on the left is a kneeling supplicant. The rear of the object is flat and undecorated with a broken projection in the centre of which would have formed an attachment loop.St Roch was associated with pilgrimage and the plague. He is associated with Montpelier in France where he has a shrine.A similar example from Dordrecht, Netherlands (van Beuningen and Koldeweij 1993, no. 327, p. 190) is incomplete. A similar example which can be found on the database is Williams, D (2011) SUR-3AEBC3 A MEDIEVAL BADGE Webpage available at: http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/474925.
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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