CODE | Material |
Standard
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Price | |
oR0573 | see description | Hand-made | 10.00 EUR |
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How old?: 1350-1500.
Finding place: Rotterdam, 's-Hertogenbosch, Nieuwlande, Veere, Heijst.
Place of provenance: Canterbury (England).
Details: h.: 62mm w.: 27mm.
Meaning: English saint, bishop of Cartenbury. He was murdered by knights of king of
England Henry II in 1170. Pilgrim badge from Cartenbury. Very popular badge, many
different patterns were found; not olny badges but also ampullas for water (first ampulla
from Cartenbury dates 1170!). This pattern is a replica of finding from Rotterdam
dated 1350-1400.
Pewter badges were first introduced as pilgrim souvenirs from different places of
Christian cult around Europe and the Holy Land. The earliest findings of this type comes from
about second half of XII th. century, fall of their popularity is beginning of XVI th. century.
They're closely connected with development of pilgrimages among Christians. Pilgrim
badges were a solid prove of finishing a long journey to places were once saints lived. About
XIV th. century secular badges also appeared.
ATTENTION: dates showed in this catalogue tells only how old was the material used for the
original. It doesn't mean that the badge was used only then.
The pewter badges as well as their descriptions are provided to us by Bartosz So³tysiak who bases them on historical sources.