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Category: Accessories > badges

St.Andrew Apostole

Century: XIV, XV

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
oR0548	see description	Hand-made	13.00 EUR

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How old?: 1450-1500
Finding place: Sluis
Place of provenance: St. Andrews (Scotland)
Details: h.: 67mm w.: 40mm
Meaning : Pilgrim's badge from St. Andrews. St. Andrew was one of the first Christ's students. He came from city of Betsaida and was younger brother of st. Peter. After the Holy Ghost blessing he was teaching in Achai (so it is written in apocryphs "History of Andrew" and "Agony of Andrew"). When he came to city of Patras in Phelopones he was arrested by Roman governor and sentenced to crucifixion. Sentence was executed in public around 30th. of November year 65 after the Birth of Christ and so it is the Day of st. Andrew. The saint was crucified on cross in shape of letter X, and such is now called St. Andrews cross. Name Andrew comes from Greek. Andreios means brave. Reliquary of the Saint was first kept at Patras, then at Constinanopol and after the year 1202 it was taken to Amalfi; in 1464 head of St. Andrew was taken to Rome. It was given back to the Greek Church in 1964. St. Andrew is patron Saint of Scotland.

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.