Saxon & Medieval — Late Medieval; late 15th-early 16th century
The Virgin Mary and Pieta
Part of a pilgrim badge from the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham at Walsingham Priory in Norfolk. This thin copper alloy badge depicts the priory’s image of Our Lady of Pity, known as the Pieta, which showed the Virgin Mary with Jesus Christ lying dead across her lap. Much of this badge is now missing but the figure of Mary can be seen with Christ’s torso and legs lying across her. Thin copper alloy badges like this one were made around the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th. They could be sewn onto a pilgrim’s clothes or hat, or stitched onto the pages of a prayer book.
- Category:
- Saxon & Medieval
- Object ID:
- 87.219/7
- Object name:
- The Virgin Mary and Pieta
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- Production date:
- Late Medieval; late 15th-early 16th century
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- W 18 mm, W 16 mm
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- Record quality:
- 100%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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