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Category: Accessories > badges

St. Guilhem

Century: XII, XIII

St. Guilhem - Medieval Market, The badges were evidence of a long journey

CODE	Material	Standard × SPES products - technology & methods of manufacturing Machine-made standard - products with visible signs of using modern methods and tools in their production; e.g. visible outside and inside seams in clothing made with the use of a machine. Mixed standard - products with visible signs of using both modern and traditional methods and tools in their production; e.g. main, inside seams in clothing are made with the use of a machine while outside stitches and details are sewn by hand. Hand-made standard - goods with visible signs of using only traditional methods and tools in their production; e.g. all seams in clothing are sewn by hand. *NOTE. We always use high quality materials and fabrics while making our products - the above standards of their production are not related to the materials used.	Price
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How old?: 1150-1250 (?)
Finding place: London.
Place of provenance: Saint-Guilhem-Le-Desert (Gellone - France).
Details: h.: 40mm w. 36mm.
Meaning: Pilgrim badge from Saint-Guilhem-Le-Desert, (West from Montpellier, Herault gorge) one of more important stops on way to Santiago de Compostela. St. Guilhem or Wilhelm, was a cousin and trusted lieutenant of Charlemagne. He became famous for defending Frankish Kingdom from Arabs invasion and for his deeds during Franks campaign, which ended with capture of Barcelona. In 804 he founded an abbey at Gallone, where two years later he became a monk. His tomb and piece of the True Cross kept there made the abbey famous. It's peak of prosperity are XIIth and XIIIth century.

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 Sołtysiak who bases them on historical sources.