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PILGRIM BADGE

Unique ID: YORYM-F112E1

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

An incomplete lead-alloy pilgrim badge of medieval date, c.AD 1200 - 1400. The object is rectangular in plan with a narrow rectangular section. Each of the four corners are broken and worn though would have featured sewing holes. The front faces bears a moulded design featuring a knight on horseback riding left within a beaded border. The name +GVILELM is present along the top edge. The reverse is undecorated.

The imagery represents St Guilhem-le-Desert of Southern France. St Guilhem was a cousin of Charlemagne who halted the invasion of the Frankish Kingdom by the Arabs in AD 793. His tomb became a centre of pilgrimage in the medieval period.

The metal has a dark grey/black patina and survives in good condition. The object is 32.1mm long, 26.9mm wide, 1.6mm thick and weighs 5.2g.

A similar pilgrim badge is in the British Museum collection (ref: 1997,0105.1) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?assetId=1174009001&objectId=43504&partId=1.

Find of note status

This is a find of note and has been designated: Include in MedArch

Inscription: GVILELM

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 32.1 mm
Width: 26.9 mm
Thickness: 1.6 mm
Weight: 5.2 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: YMT : E05682

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead Alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Scarborough (District)
Parish or ward: Filey (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TA1281
Four figure Latitude: 54.21250448
Four figure longitude: -0.28407887
1:25K map: TA1281
1:10K map: TA18SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Created: 4 years ago
Updated: 2 years ago

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