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Description: | A complete copper alloy medieval pilgrim badge. The moulded openwork design depicts St Roche or Rocco, a pilgrim who carries a staff and is accompanied by a dog jumping to his left and an angel representing a supplicant to his right. The saint is robed and wears a large semi-circular hat. He lifts his robe to reveal his right leg where he suffers from a wound. The reverse of the badge flat and there is a distorted circular attachment loop in the centre. St. Roche is the patron saint of dogs and accused people and was often evoked against the plague. According to tradition he was expelled from the town of Piacenza in Italy after falling ill and upon finding shelter in the wood a local nobleman's dog tended to his wounds and brought him bread. A similar, but incomplete pilgrim badge, has been recorded from Dordrecht in the Netherlands (van Beuningen and Koldeweij 1993, 1990, no. 327), but they appear to be very rare in Britain. Only a four others are recorded on the PAS database includingYORYM-CEA5E7 and LVPL-6B1F98 from Yorkshire, SUR-3AEBC3 from Oxfordshire and SOMDOR905 from Somerset.Length: 24.77mm, width: 18.73mm, thickness: 6.39mm, weight: 3.10g
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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