Английская Википедия:Hockley Pendant
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The Hockley Pendant is a diamond-shaped, gold reliquary pendant dating from the early sixteenth century. The pendant was discovered in 2009 by four-year-old James Hyatt, while metal detecting in a field in Hockley, Essex, with his father, Jason Hyatt. The pendant is decorated on the front with an image of a female saint supporting a cross. The back of the pendant displays an image of the Five Holy Wounds of Christ, and contains a sliding panel covering an interior space, which originally held a relic. The pendant was officially declared treasure and was acquired by the British Museum.
Description
The Hockley pendant is a diamond-shaped gold pendant with an attached gold bail. It is Шаблон:Convert in length, weighs a third of an ounce (8.68g), and has a gold content of up to 73%.[1][2] The front of the pendant is engraved with the image of a female saint carrying a cross. The cross is covered with marks that suggest drops of blood. Decorative foliage surrounds the central image. The figure is standing on a surface with a chequerboard design, indicating a tiled floor.[3][1]
The back of the pendant displays a heart, surrounded by four weeping cuts and drops of blood, suggesting the Five Holy Wounds of Christ.[1] The inside of the pendant would have stored a relic, possibly a remnant of the True Cross.[3] The four sides of the pendant display the names of the Three Magi: Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar, and decorative foliage.[3][1] The inscription's words were believed to have the power to heal fevers and epilepsy, which was known then as falling-down sickness.[4] The pendant's letters and decorative detail would have originally been enhanced with painted enamel.[5] Objects such as the Hockley pendant were meant for "intimate inspection" and needed an owner's "physical interaction" in order to "release its spiritual value".[6]
History
The pendant was discovered in 2009, by four-year-old James Hyatt and his father Jason Hyatt, from Billericay, while they were metal detecting in a field in Hockley, Essex.[2] The pendant was officially declared treasure and was acquired by the British Museum. At the time, it was thought to be worth up to £2.5 m, which the Hyatt family and the landowner would have shared when the pendant was sold.[2] However, the actual amount paid by the museum was only £70,000.[5]
The pendant front displays an image of a female saint, possibly the Virgin Mary, or Saint Helena.[1] The back of the pendant contained a panel, which may have held a relic of the True Cross.[3] Similar pendants had compartments for either a holy person's remains of their body or an item belonging to the holy person.[7] The pendant's back panel was tightly closed when found. The pendant was later repaired by the conservation staff at the British Museum. The back panel was opened to reveal a few flax fibres.[3][5] The pendant has been dated to the early sixteenth century, from 1500 to 1550.[1] It was featured on episode 49 of Britain's Secret Treasures on ITV in July 2012 "as one of the fifty most important archaeological finds made by the British public".[4]
See also
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