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Pilgrim badge with Saint Adrian
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Realia 16
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- Format:
- 3D object
- Language:
- No linguistic content
- Subjects (All):
- Adrian, of Nicomedia, Saint, 278-306.
- Adrian.
- Sint-Adriaansabdij (Geraardsbergen, Belgium).
- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--Medals.
- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages.
- Genre:
- devotional medals.
- Penn Provenance:
- Sold by Michael Samsel (Cologne) to David Wallace, 2007 (Wallace).
- Gift of David Wallace in honor of John Pollack, Curator of Research Services, University of Pennsylvania, 2018.
- Physical Description:
- 1 medal : lead ; 7 x 3 cm
- Production:
- [Netherlands or Belgium?], [between 1450 and 1499?]
- Summary:
- Late medieval pilgrim badge, small lead figure of a saint in bas-relief, holding a sword and standing on a lion, probably Adrian of Nicomedia, whose relics were venerated at Sint-Adriaansabdij (the abbey of Saint Adrian) in Geraardsbergen, Belgium, from the end of the twelfth century. The figure includes loops on the left and right sides for sewing the badge to clothing.
- Notes:
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Cited as:
- Pilgrim Badge with Saint Adrian (Realia 16). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.
- OCLC:
- 1547123368
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