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PILGRIM BADGE
Unique ID: NLM-93AF41
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead alloy pilgrim badge fragment. Cast discoid badge with openwork border comprising a cabled circumference separated from the central plate by a series of pellets of which three remain. A mould line runs across the back. The central plate depicts the bearded face of Christ in low relief, as this image was captured on the cloth with which Veronica, a woman of Jerusalem, wiped His face as He carried the Cross to Calvary. This relic, known as the Vernicle in England, was paraded in Rome from 1208 annually, and from the 14th century was exhibited there weekly. By 1450 its cult was very widespread, as devotion to an image (of what was itself a miraculous image) was deemed as efficacious as contact with the original item. The naturalistic style suggests a 15th-century date. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1400-1500.
Diameter (estimated): 32mm, Thickness: 3mm, Weight: 2.89g.
Class: Vernicle
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 2.89 g
Diameter: 32 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 21st June 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM18231
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Binbrook (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF2194
Four figure Latitude: 53.4289138
Four figure longitude: -0.18033306
1:25K map: TF2194
1:10K map: TF29SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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