About this object
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ID:
81.543/10
Production date:
Late Medieval; late 14th-15th century
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Location:
In Store
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Part of a pilgrim badge from the shrine of St Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. This badge is in the form of a pair of gloves (one of the pair is missing; this is the right-hand glove). Various articles of Becket’s clothing were worshipped at Canterbury, including his gloves, sandals, hair shirt, mitre, half-boots and girdle. Becket’s gloves were involved in the miraculous healing of a nun. Badges depicting the gloves were popular pilgrim souvenirs. This badge shows the jewels on the cuff. < ...Read more
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Measurements
H 24 mm; W 19 mm
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Materials
lead alloy
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Last Updated
2024-03-14
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