ampulla
- Museum number
- 1921,0216.62
- Description
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Ampulla; tin; obverse: Thomas à Becket, nimbed and mitred with crozier, a knight at either side with drawn sword; reverse: pointed oval panel with the martyrdom; inscribed '+ OPTIM EGROR MEDIC FIT TOMA BONOR' (Thomas is the best doctor for the worthy sick')
- Production date
- 1170-1200
- Dimensions
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Height: 100 millimetres
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Width: 87 millimetres
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Depth: 28 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For information about the donor, Mary Greg, see:
Mitchell, L., 2014. ‘Treasuring things of the least’: Companion Extraordinaire Mary Hope Greg. The Guild of St George Journal, The Companion, 14, pp.10-12
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2021 20 May- 22 Aug, London, BM, Room 35 – Thomas Becket: Murder and the Making of a Saint
2012 - Present, London, BM, G68 Money Gallery
2011 23 June-9 Oct, London, BM, 'Treasures of Heaven'
2010-2011 17 Oct-6 Jan, Ohio, Cleveland Museum of Art, 'Treasures of Heaven'
1999 8 Feb-2 Apr, London, Wellcome Institute Library, Renaissance Medicine
1990 Sep 24-Oct 31, Canterbury City Council Museums Art Galleries & Monuments, Thomas Becket
1987-1988 6 Nov-6 Mar, London, Royal Academy of Arts, Age of Chivalry: Art in Plantagenet England 1200-1400
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Martyrdom of St Thomas à Becket
- Acquisition date
- 1921
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1921,0216.62
