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This badge represents the ornate head reliquary of St Thomas Becket and was probably sold near his shrine in Canterbury. Studying the imagery of pilgrim badges quickly leads to an ability to identify the shrine or saint associated with them. For example, St Thomas of Canterbury is often shown being martyred by one of a group of four knights. [9]
[that were a] recognised badge of those who possessed rank in the Celtic churches". [31] Other early works containing similar designs include figures on a stone cross from Meigle, Scotland, and the 12th-century Irish Saint Manchan's Shrine. [32] Above the circular ornaments are triangular shapes, possibly representing Celtic brooches. [33]
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Side-view of the shrine of the Stowe Missal, mid-11th century. The format and function of cumdachs may derive from book caskets used by early Christian Romans.Both types were intended to protect sacred text or relics, and it is plausible that Irish monasteries would seek to emulate the prestige and, according to the Irish art historian Rachel Moss, "splendour of Roman liturgical ceremonies". [5]
Fleming was, with Billy Florence, founder of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine in 1872. He was potentate of the first temple (Mecca) for seventeen years and Imperial potentate of the order for twelve years.
Shrine is a 1983 horror novel by English writer James Herbert, exploring themes of religious ecstasy, mass hysteria, demonic possession, faith healing and Catholicism. Plot [ edit ]
The Soiscél Molaisse (/ ˈ s iː ʃ ˌ k ɛ l ˌ m ɒ ˈ l æ ʃ / SEESH-kel mo-LASH; [1] 'Gospel of St. Molaisse') [2] is an Irish cumdach (a type of ornamented metal reliquary box or carrying case for a holy book) that originated from an 8th-century wooden core embellished in the 11th and 15th centuries with metal plates decorated in the Insular style.