(Fig. 1): A bare-footed Pilgrim of the fourteenth century, from British Museum, Royal MS., 15 iii. (Fig. 2): Ludgate’s Pilgrim, from Harl. MS., 4826 (fourteenth century). His scrip bears a scallop shell, the pilgrim’s sign for Compostella, and he wears a rough, shaggy robe. (Fig. 3): A Palmer, from Cott. MS., Tib. A vii. His hat is slung behind him, and the crown of his head is shaved, as was often the custom. (In Figs. 1 and 2 a beard is worn, for often the pilgrim on setting out, made a vow that he would not cut his hair or his beard while on the pilgrimage.) (Fig. 4): A Pilgrim’s Sign--the five small circles representing the five wounds of Christ. (Fig. 5): A lead Ampulla from the shrine of St. Thomas Becket at Canterbury. (York Museum.) It bears a figure of the Archbishop, and on the scroll a legend which is translated as “_Thomas is the best physician for the pious sick._” It probably dates from the early part of the thirteenth century. (Fig. 6): A Pilgrim’s Sign of St. Catherine, consisting of a Catherine Wheel. (Fourteenth century.) (Fig. 7): A Reliquary in form of sphere of open-work tracery, containing fragments of shells, from the shrine of St. James of Compostella. (Fourteenth-fifteenth centuries.) (Fig. 8): An Ampulla in the form of a scallop shell, with handles for suspending it around the neck by a cord, from Compostella. (Fig. 9): An Ampulla from the shrine of St. Thomas Becket, Canterbury, bearing on one side a representation of the murder of Becket, and on the other, three figures within an arcade. (Fig. 10): A Pilgrim’s Sign from Canterbury, containing a figure of St. Thomas, the right hand uplifted in blessing and the left holding the crozier. (Figs. 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are from the Guildhall Museum, London.)] In the old MSS., we read of many wonderful miracles performed by the administration of these holy waters to sick and diseased persons. Special roads appear to have been made to the chief shrines. There was the “Pilgrims’ Road” across Kent from London to Canterbury, and the “Palmers Way,” and the “Walsingham Green Way” to Walsingham. The towns of pilgrimage were largely a collection of inns, and churches and hostels for poor pilgrims, the later institutions often being supported by local guilds. Pilgrims made their journeys either singly or in bands for the sake of protection and company, and to enliven their way they sometimes hired a musician to play the bagpipes. When the pilgrims reached the shrine, they made their offerings, took part in prayer, and were shown the holy relics, which they were often allowed to kiss. At Canterbury the shrine of St. Thomas was covered with gold and encrusted with many precious stones of great size and value; for the principal of them were offerings from sovereign princes.