Pilgrim ampullas......a request

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Pilgrim ampullas......a request

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You may have seen the ampulla that I found last week and posted here on the forum.
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Having started to research it's shape and design, I have found that this type seems to have a very localised distribution and I want to try and pinpoint where they were being made and sold. If I am right in my theory that they are very local, then I may write up and publish my findings

I would like to know if anyone here on the forum has ever found an ampulla of this shape and with this design on it.............. :g58:

From the 14 others that I know about, the design appears to be like this, but many are worn so may be more difficult to interpret.
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I would love to see more examples of these so that I can expand the database on them and maybe find a central location where the shrine was that issued them.

To protect peoples' sites, I am not looking for exact findspots, just a rough locality and any information can be PM'd and will be treated in strictest confidence.

Thanks in advance for your help.

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This should get you going Tom, found nr Grimsby, from Mitchiner, Medieval Pilgrim and Secular Badges, (1986) No. 420, page 149.
Heraldic type, the scallop shell is indicitive of a general emblem of pilgrimage (rather than a specific reference to St James). Mitchiner has it down as 15thc.
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Already got that one in my database thanks Pete.............. :g50:
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So are you checking the heraldry Tom, that would make a very personal piece of history. :g50:

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i found this one that looks similar to yours near Wragby lincolnshire
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That's a beauty, thanks a lot Dave; it certainly is one of them and fits nicely into the right area................. :g50:
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Have you seen this document Tom, it looks like it was made by the late Geoff Egan, it has a map of shrines in it and some info;

http://finds.org.uk/documents/conf07/egan.pdf

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Superb Steve............... :g38:
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Have to be a member to see it Garry..................don't think I'd be welcomed somehow............. :g42:
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Thought you would be....If i get a mo will grab the details

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tomredmayne wrote:Have to be a member to see it Garry..................don't think I'd be welcomed somehow............. :g42:
Kev Woodward and Cori go on there quite regularly. I know many others do too. :g50: Just sign up Tom. Time of good will and all that. You'd be more than welcome. :107:
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Here we go, apparently found near a Medieval Church but no mention of whereabouts.
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tomredmayne wrote:Have to be a member to see it Garry..................don't think I'd be welcomed somehow............. :g42:



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