Pilgrim badge and holy water flask
Medieval pilgrims often pinned a small lead flask of holy water to their clothing. The flask, or ampulla, both showed you were a pilgrim but also protected you against all the misfortunes on your journey. The shell-shaped ampulla was found near Whimple.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 1/2016
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Simon Wildman
- Material
- lead
- Common Name
- pilgrim badge and holy water flask
- Simple Name
- ampulla
- Period Classification
- Early Medieval (1200-1400); Medieval (1200-1500)
- Production Year Low
- 1100
- Production Year High
- 1200
