Glyndney, Kent and Wilton, Wiltshire, 1003 AD
Glyndney, Kent and Wilton, Wiltshire, 1003 ADImelda unhooked the girdle book from her dress and thumbed through the pages of saints until she came to the image she sought. One of her most prized possessions, a miniature Book of Hours gifted to her by her father, she handled it with reverential care. Standing beside the stool from which he had risen on her entry into his workshop, the craftsman studied her with curiosity. She went over to him and laid the small volume open on his workbench.
“I want you to make me two silver medallions. Can you carve a die to cast a copy of this saint? I want her surrounded by a spiked wheel, just as in this image.” She didn’t wait for his reply but flicked back to the beginning and pointed at the first illustr
