About this object
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ID:
8674
Production date:
Late Medieval; 15th century
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Location:
In Store
Pilgrim badge, probably of the Rood of Grace from Boxley Abbey. This badge depicts Jesus Christ on the cross. Christ wears a loin cloth and a crown. The cross is decorated with leaves as if it is bursting into life. Its terminals are decorated with lozenges inside squares within quadrilobes. A rood is a large crucifix usually displayed in a church. Boxley Abbey in Kent was a popular stopping-off point for pilgrims on their way to St Thomas Becket’s shrine in Canterbury. The rood at Boxley Abbey had a life-sized figure of Christ, which was famous for shedding tears. Sometimes the face would also move. In 1538, during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the rood was taken down and a mechanical device was found inside the head, revealing that the miraculous moving face was in fact complex trickery.
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Measurements
H 72 mm; W 84 mm
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Materials
lead alloy
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Last Updated
2024-03-14
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