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Description: | Lead alloy Pilgrim Badge fragment. Cast image clipped from a badge representing the reliquary of the skull of Thomas Beckett, modelled as a facing bust with elongated eyes, and with the jewelled ornament of the archiepiscopal mitre rendered as a series of rings and dots in low relief within horizontal and vertical bands. The mitre is curled back behind the face. Various conventional features of the image, such as Thomas's moustache, forelock and cleft chin, are omitted, suggesting this object may lie later in the series of Canterbury badges. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1400-1500.Height (as found): 26.3mm, Width: 30.1mm, Thickness: 2.4mm, Weight: 18.08gms.
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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