Book Description

The pilgrim souvenirs and secular badges in Salisbury Museum have been collected mostly within the last 35 years, from riverine contexts in Salisbury. Almost entirely previously unpublished, they comprise one of the most extensive collections in Britain. Brian Spencer, formerly Senior Keeper at the Museum of London, draws on his lifetime's study of these classes of object to provide this most comprehensive catalogue which will inform and delight both specialist and general reader alike. Study of these minor works of art and craftsmanship reveals much about society, whether in Salisbury ot the wider context of medieval Europe. The catalogue illustrates 325 objects.