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Textile fragment and St James’ shell from a pilgrim’s clothing

Unknown
ca. 0900 - ca. 1499

Object details

    Material characteristics

  • Material

    textile material , scallop shell (Pecten Maximus)
  • Dimensions

    schelp height: ca. 5 cm
    schelp width: ca. 5.2 cm
    schelp depth: ca. 1.5 cm
    textiel links height: ca. 10.6 cm
    textiel links width: max. 6.5 cm
    textiel rechts height: max. 13 cm
    textiel rechts width: ca. 8.5 cm
    drager height: 12.5 cm
    drager width: 19.3 cm

    Provenance and documentation

  • Provenance

    Gift Nationale Dienst voor Opgravingen, 1980
  • Exhibitions

    0609 Zwerfmuseum. Main Dish II, Leuven, 21.02.2008 - 23.06.2008
    Geloof & Geluk. Sieraad en devotie in middeleeuws Vlaanderen, Gruuthusemuseum (Brugge), Brugge, 22.09.2006 - 04.02.2007
    Transit Brugge-Novgorod, Ruhrlandmuseum, Esse, 18.04.1997 - 17.08.1997
    The Mediaval Pilgrimage to the Tomb of Saint Peter (350-1350), Rome, 21.10.1990 - 26.02.2000
    Ferne Welten - Freie Stadt. Dortmund im Mittelalter, Dortmund, 02.04.2006 - 06.07.2006
    M Collection: Moved, M Leuven (Leuven), Leuven, 10.07.2020 - 31.03.2024

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