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ampulla (back)
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Royal Institution of Cornwall, Anna Tyacke, 2012-03-08 09:47:43
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ampulla (back)
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English: Cast lead pilgrim ampulla or holy water flask, almost rectangular in shape, with a short neck flattened closed to seal it. The ampulla is slightly waisted with angular loops, on either side at this point, to suspend the flask from a cord around the pilgrim's neck. It is decorated on one face with fleur de lis and lattice within a shield, surmounted by a two concentric circles with radiating lines between them. On the opposite face there are four fleurs de lis beneath an arch of lattice work which has triangles and crescents above it, perhaps part of a crown. These ampullae were bought by pilgrims from pilgrimage sites, and contained thaumaturgic (miracle-working) liquids such as holy water or water from sacred springs. They were popular souvenirs from around 1175 until the early 14th Century, when pilgrim badges became more favoured, but they continued to be made, some smaller to be worn as badges, and some more robust, functional and stereotyped, into the 15th century.

Spencer (1990) illustrates a similar ampulla with a crown, lis on a hatched background on page 89, Fig.181, which is dated, along with the group from Salisbury, from c.1350-1530.

Depicted place (County of findspot) Cornwall
Date between 1350 and 1500
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1350-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 492218
Old ref: CORN-555115
Filename: ampullalis.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/373191
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/373191/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/492218
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