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St Thomas Becket ampulla pilgrim souvenir, 13th century

This large ampulla is one of the many kinds of pilgrim souvenirs associated with the cult of St Thomas Becket. It was made to carry a liquid known as Becket’s water.

Ampulla of St Thomas Becket by The British Museum on Sketchfab

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Becket on a Peacock pilgrim badge, c.1250 - 1350

This lead alloy pilgrim souvenir shows St Thomas Becket riding a peacock; the figure is headless but the peacock still has a frontal hook, possibly for the suspension of a small Canterbury bell.

Becket on a Peacock by The British Museum on Sketchfab

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Becket on Horseback pilgrim badge-mould

This fifteenth-century stone mould fragment was made to cast openwork lead alloy badges, which were sold to pilgrims as souvenirs at the shrine of St Thomas Becket.

Becket on Horseback Badge-Mould (1890,1002.1) by The British Museum on Sketchfab

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Becket murder Weapon pilgrim badge, late Middle Ages

This badge represents the sheath of the sword-point relic displayed at the site of Thomas Becket’s martyrdom. It would have originally included a model sword.

Murder Weapon (OA. 1817) by The British Museum on Sketchfab

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Thomas Becket Head Reliquary pilgrim badge, late Middle Ages

The bust reliquary badge seen here was one of the many different types sold to pilgrims to the shrine of St Thomas Becket.

Thomas Becket Head Reliquary Badge by The British Museum on Sketchfab

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St Thomas Becket ampulla, late Middle Ages

This ampulla (vessel) was probably sold to a pilgrim visiting the shrine of St Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. It held water believed to contain the diluted blood that the saint shed at his martyrdom.

St Thomas Becket ampulla by The British Museum on Sketchfab

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