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Description: | A lead Medieval pilgrim ampulla, dating AD 1300-1500. It is flask shaped, having a narrow neck which expands so the bottom is bulbous. There would have been handles either side of the neck, which acted as suspension loops, though only traces now remain. The bulbous end has been flattened and would have been shaped to resemble a scallop, with some of the lines of the design still visble.An ampula would have been bought by pilgrims from Holy sites and supposedly contained Thaumaturgic water dispensed there. The design of the scallop is often associated with Christianity, as it is the shape of the dish priests use to hold the holy baptismal water. The scallop is also a symbol associated with St James of Compostella (Spencer, 1990, pp. 58), as he used a scallop shell to feed food and water to pilgrims. It is also often associated with pilgrimage and journeying more generally (ibid. pp. 58), either spirtual or physical.The object is similar to other examples on the PAS database, cf. SF-A288A9. Several other examples are published in Spencer (1990, Figs. 170-179).The object is 53mm in lengthReference: Spencer, B. 1990. Medieval Catalogue: Part 2. Salisbury: Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum.
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