Heraldry & Emblems
Shrine Pilgrim Badge
Shrine Pilgrim Badge draws on documented medieval form language to express identity, devotion, and achievement.
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Historical Context
Medieval shrines sold inexpensive cast badges that identified a saint, relic, or holy place and provided visible evidence of a completed visit. A fourteenth-century Canterbury badge even pictures Becket's shrine. This generic shrine badge combines that material tradition into a modern emblem rather than one excavated object.
Provenance: Contemporary composite informed by documented cast shrine badges.
Context note: This is a contemporary interpretation of medieval Christian and pilgrimage material culture. Meanings and devotional uses varied by region and period; review historically or religiously specific applications with care.
Research status: reviewed · reviewed 24/07/2026
Sources
- Pilgrim's Badge of the Shrine of Saint Thomas Becket — Pilgrim's Badge of the Shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury, 1350-1400, object 2001.310. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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