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St. Barbara is the patron saint of gunners, and she protects
her supplicants against lightning. For that reason, in this adaptation
of a late 15th-century copper alloy pendant, we have supplied the
loop at the bottom of the saint's pedestal with a piece of coral
- described in contemporary lapidaries as protecting against lightning.
We figure you can't be too safe!
P-39 St. Barbara $15.00
HP2, no. 1059; adapted.
1450-1500
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Catherine of Cleves's Cross. If you have ever seen the exquisite
Hours of Catherine of Cleves, you may have noticed the rosary depicted
in one of the borders. This is an interpretation of a pendant cross
attached to that rosary. Catherine's was of gold with pearls and
coral; ours is of pewter with glass beads - but it is much
more affordable!
P-40 Cross (Catherine of Cleves) $10.00
Adapted from an illuminated manuscript, c. 1440
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St. Adrian. An incredible number of pilgrim signs of St. Adrian
have been recovered in the Netherlands; this is a copy of one of
them. Adrian was a Roman army officer in Nicomedia who converted
to Christianity and was martyred. The Golden Legend contains
a long narrative of the incredible tortures he endured, including
being beaten to smithereens with a hammer on an anvil - like those
he is shown carrying. Adrian is the patron of soldiers, smiths,
and butchers.
P-41 St. Adrian $10.00
HP1, no. 4-16; HP2, no. 1039-1041
1450-1500
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Miracle-Working Spring at Blomberg. Well, this is something
really unusual - a pilgrim sign which does not show a saint. Instead,
it shows the witch Alheyd Pustekoke. In 1460 she stole 45 consecrated
hosts from the Church of St. Martin in Blomberg. She then panicked,
and threw the hosts into the well in the center of the marketplace.
The well became a miracle-working shrine and the popular pilgrimage
it inspired helped build a new monastery, dedicated in 1468. Alheyd
Pustekoke, however, was burnt for sacrilege.
P-42 Blomberg $8.00
HP1, no. 121; HP2, no.1540
1475-1525
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Seal of Solomon. Better known today as the Star of David (or
Mogen David - Shield of David), and recognized as a symbol
of Judaism, the six-pointed star (or hexagram) was accepted in the
Middle Ages by Jews, Christians, and Muslims as a powerful symbol.
This copy of a 14th-century brooch is made in two pieces, with an
inset bezel and glass stone. We can supply it in the following colors:
blue, red, yellow, purple, bright green, olivene.
BR-62 Seal of Solomon $6.00
HP2, no. 2035
1325-1375
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Thomas Bell. One of the many pilgrim signs available at
Canterbury.
P-32 Thomas Bell $10.00
Mitchiner 136, 137
1330-1380
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St. George Pendant
P-37 St. George Pendant $5.00
HP2, no. 1161
1350-1400
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St. Andrew. The patron of Scotland is depicted in one of the very
few pilgrim signs from that country. The original after which this
was copied is not firmly dated but may well be a very early pewter
sign - late 13th or early 14th century.
P-38 St. Andrew $5.00
PSSB, no. 265a
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St. Gertrude of Nijvel
P-36 St. Gertrude $10.00
HP2, no. 1127
1475-1525
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Holy Blood of Boxtel. Boxtel, in the Netherlands, was the site
of one of the famous eucharistic miracles of the late 14th century.
The priest Eligius Aecker knocked over the chalice during the Mass.
Although he had used white wine, it turned red as it ran over the
altar cloth. Aecker was frightened, and hid the altar cloth until
he was on his death bed. When the authorities investigated, they
found the stain on the cloth was still blood - and was still fresh.
The veneration of the cloth was officially approved in 1380, and
the cloth has been displayed annually up to the present time.
P-34 Holy Blood of Boxtel $5.00
HP2, no.1543
1380-1425
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St. Eloi's Hammer. Saint Eloi (or Eligius), the patron of amorers,
goldsmiths, farriers, and others who work with hammers, is represented
here by his attribute.
P-33 St. Eloi's Hammer $3.00
HP2, no. 1122
1475-1525
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St. Werburga
P-35 St. Werburga $5.00
Mitchener, no. 651-652
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Badges of this form, celebrating Our Lady of Rocamadour,
were among the very earliest produced, and are known from the 1160's
up to 1500. In contemporary documents, they are called sportelles,
or sportulae (in Latin), from sporta, the pilgrim's
scrip or purse. The original from which this one is copied is no
earlier than 1300 and probably no later than 1400; closer dating
is not possible.
P-30 Virgin of Rocamadour $5.00
PSSB, no. 245b
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Sts. Peter and Paul at Rome. From a shrine in Rome, St. Peter
is represented by the key, of course, and St. Paul by the sword.
P-28 Sts. Peter and Paul $5.00
Cluny, no. 308
15th C
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The Vernicle
P-27 Vernicle $6.00
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Thumbnail Ampulla. The ampulla this is copied from was among
the earliest pilgrim signs from the shrine of St. Thomas Becket
(killed in 1170), and probably dates between 1180 and 1200.
P-29 Thumbnail Ampulla $5.00
PSSB 1,1a,1b
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Reliquary Ampulla. In the form of the reliquary chasses which
were produced in Limoges from the late 12th until the late 13th
centuries. We usually call it the Lunchbox Ampulla - but we thought
we should put something higher class on the website.
P-31 Reliquary Ampulla $10.00
PSSB 200-20l
1270-1350.
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