Medieval pilgrim badges

The item is a proof for a plate in Archaeologia (see Bibliography). Objects were arranged slightly differently in the published version.The plate illustrates different varieties of Medieval pilgrim badges, found in the Thames at Blackfriars in 1856. They include representations of Thomas à Becket, St Leonard, St Edward the Confessor, the Rood, bells, the Agnus Dei, the Virgin, and heraldic device…