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Description: | Fragment of a cast lead alloy pilgrim's badge depicting what appears to be the figure of the Virgin Mary, with part of the head missing, but the drapery of the dress ornamented with a central band of pellets with two oblique strings of pellets on either side, creating a rope effect, and oblique bands of pellets above culminating in a collar at the top of the dress with a horizontal band of triangles.This type of pilgrim badge is one of a well-known series of badges that are miniature figures of the Virgin Mary, some holding the baby Jesus. The dress was adorned with jewels, which are represented on this lead miniature by the series of moulded pellets. The badge would have been worn on the hat or on the outer clothing and would have been used as an amulet. The supposed miracle-working powers of reliquaries and saints were also thought to transfer onto the objects copied from them, hence the popularity of pilgrim badges.Similar examples can be seen on the database in records: LON-DB7794, LIN-5CB267, BH-B61A93, and NMS-8A5044.Pilgrim badges were popular at English shrines during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries (Spencer, 1998, 78).Spencer (1990) illustrates similar details on pilgrims' badges of the Virigin Mary on page 77, Figs.78-85.
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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