St. James and the St. James pecten

Kathleen Edwards wrote:

> Here's a curiosity from The Baltimore Sun, October 26, 1999. A picture
> shows a pilgrim in front of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in
> Galicia, Spain, dressed in traditional costume, a cloak and a pilgrim's hat
> adorned with a large scallop shell. Would anyone like to hazard a guess as
> to the significance of the scallop shell to a religious pilgrim? Is there a
> religious iconography of sea shells?
> I am new to this list and this is my maiden voyage.
> Kathleen Edwards
> Columbia, MO

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Jim and Bobbi Cordy
of Merritt Island, Florida.

Jim Specializes in Self-Collected
Caribbean & Florida Shells

Bobbi in Shell Creations