Medieval Pilgrims' Clothing

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Following are depictions of medieval men and women on pilgrimage. Trends to note: colors (brown or black), cloaks, broad hats, satchels (or "wallets"), staffs, and badges (especially the scallop-shell of Santiago de Compostela). There are also several manuscripts of Le pèlerinage de la vie humaine, in which the hero is depicted as a literal pilgrim; a few image-collections from some of the manuscripts of this texts are linked below.

Some additional links on pilgrims & pilgrimages in the Middle Ages, and on pilgrim's badges.

I especially recommend the Centrum voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie's Kunera for finding pilgrimage badges; for more information about Kunera (and how to navigate it), see "Kunera: A Dutch saint and a database of badges and ampullae."

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