The Portable Antiquities Scheme
MEDIEVAL HARNESS FITTING
1066
Medieval Horse harness pendant, quatrefoil, broken suspension-loop. Blue enamel survives on the field with the recessed outline (probably originally gilded) of a patriarchal cross, within which are traces of red enamel on the body of the cross. Blazon: Azure a patriarchal cross Gules fimbriated [Or]. The Holy Rood of Bromholm. This is the second example found at Bromholm Priory (Cf. drawing of pendant from HER 1073).
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