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  • M0006864: A leper with his clapper
  • Clappers and crutches used by lepers. 12th Century.
  • Seal of St Giles of Solop. it bears the figure of a Hind, by whose milk St Giles was supported in his desert. The squarish figure above may have denoted, but on this conjecture we do not insist; the clack-dish or alms basket with a clapper, which lepers were obliged to employ in begging charity standing "afar off", lest their touch should pollute the benevolent.