Record Details
| NHER Number: | 36151 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Late medieval devotional badge |
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Summary
Metal-detecting in 2001 recovered a late medieval gilded silver devotional badge depicting the head of St John the Baptist.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TF72SE |
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| Parish: | LITTLE MASSINGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Before 26 February 2001. Metal detecting.
Early post medieval gilded silver pendant: circular with integral suspension loop engaged with tiny (5mm diameter) silver ring. A bearded bust in relief set within a central circular field, surrounded by a slightly raised rim. Outside this are twenty filigree circles with pellets in the centres. Another slightly raised rim runs around the perimeter. The central sunken field is damaged and cracked. Considerable wear on the suspension loop and ring.
Diameter 20mm. Weight 1.62g.
This object was submitted as potential Treasure and subsequently acquited by the British Museum (2002,0303.1). It was identified by D. Gaimster (British Museum) as an early 16th-century devotional badge depicting the head of St John the Baptist. The decapitated head of John the Baptist belonged to the late medieval cult of relics.
Information from (S1). Also described and figured in (S2).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 20 April 2001. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 April 2020.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- BADGE (16th Century - 1501 AD to 1533 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: Gaimster, D.. 2002. Treasure Report. A silver-gilt devotional pendant from Little Massingham, Norfolk.. June. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2001. Treasure Annual Report 2000. p 82; No 153; Fig 153. |
Related records - none
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