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