Record ID: IOW-B00471
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete late medieval cast copper-alloy Saint Barbara pilgrim badge (c. 1400-c. 1500). The badge is in moulded relief at the front and largely flat at the rear. At the front the moulded design depicts a nimbed and draped Saint Barbara standing beside the tower in which she was imprisoned and holding in her left hand a palm branch symbolising her martyrdom. She holds a sacramental wafer in her right hand. The rear face of the badge is flat and has the remains of a soldered copper-alloy loop for attachment to a garment. A patina has not survived and some of the surfaces are co…
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2010
Last updated: Monday 17th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-2A0A40
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete cast copper alloy Saint Barbara pilgrim badge of Late Medieval date (AD 1400 - AD 1500). The badge is in moulded relief at the front and largely flat at the rear. At the front the moulded design depicts a nimbed and draped Saint Barbara standing beside the tower in which she was imprisoned and holding in her right hand a palm branch symbolising her martyrdom. She holds a sacramental wafer in her left hand. The rear face of the badge is flat. However, around the remains of a small projecting feature there is a slightly raised area. The projection, when complete, may …
Created on: Sunday 15th October 2006
Last updated: Friday 16th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.