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PILGRIM BADGE
Unique ID: LIN-FD4722
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead-alloy pilgrim badge depicting St Margaret of Antioch, also known as Margaret the Virgin, dating from the medieval period. The face depicts a robed female figure holding a cross in her right hand and a book in her left, standing on top of a dragon. This depiction relates to the story of St Margaret, who was reputed to have been swallowed by Satan in the form of a dragon-she escaped when her cross irritated the dragon's innards, causing him to vomit his ill-gotten meal. The reverse has the Christogram IHS within a circular border decorated with a continuous zigzag. An attachment loop has been integrally cast on the top. An identical badge, SWYOR-EB3223, may be found on this database.
This badge/pendant has been published by Lewis (2013, 280-281, fig. 11).
Class:
St Margaret of Antioch
Inscription:
ihs
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 7.28 g
Diameter: 26 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st March 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Hogsthorpe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF5370
Four figure Latitude: 53.205055
Four figure longitude: 0.289341
1:25K map: TF5370
1:10K map: TF57SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis, M. | 2013 | Pilgrim signs of St Margaret of Antioch: some thoughts on their spatial distribution | Leeds | Society for Medieval Archaeology | 280-281 | 11 |
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