Fig 1.
The burial of Sk27 in situ, showing the associated scallop shell (Credits: Magdalen Hill Archaeological Research Project/ MHARP).
Table 1.
Summary of PCR methods used to screen for other pathogens.
Table 2.
Tooth formation and age-at-death based upon data from Al Qahtani et al. [85].
Fig 2.
Sk27: Distal foot phalanges showing porosity and beginnings of some bone resorption (Credit: MHARP)
Fig 3.
Sk27 skull showing heavy deposition of calculus on the left side of the mandibular and the maxillary dentition, particularly on the latter, where it exhibits a nodular appearance (Credit: MHARP)
Fig 4.
Frontal view of Sk27 skull, showing preservation of the anterior nasal spine and no obvious signs of facies leprosa.
The appearance of the cranial morphology was notably different to other individuals in the same cemetery (Credit: MHARP).
Fig 5.
RLEP RT-PCR Amplification profiles of Sk27 and controls Sk1 and Sk12, showing formation of 111 bp product monitored with EVAGreen
Fig 6.
Gel electrophoresis of 111 bp RLEP PCR product run out on 3% agarose.
Lane 1, 100 bp DNA size markers. Lane 2, Sk1 (palate). Lane 3, Sk1 (nasal conchae). Lane 4, Sk12 (nasal conchae). Lane 5, Sk27 product (nasal conchae). Lane 6, template blank.
Fig 7.
18-kDa RT-PCR Amplification profile of Sk27 showing formation of product monitored with a specific dual-labelled hybridisation probe.
Table 3.
Summary of real-time screening PCR data for the pilgrim burial Sk27 and control cases Sk1 and Sk12.
RLEP and 18-kDa PCR methods for M.leprae and IS1081 for M.tuberculosis complex.
Table 4.
Sk27- summary of genotyping data.
Fig 8.
Rib collagen δ13C and δ15N results from Sk27 and nearby medieval populations.
Table 5.
The mean and range of δ13C and δ15N values obtained from rib collagen from Sk27, the wider cemetery population of the Hospital of St Mary Magdalen and the nearby abbey sites of St Mary’s and Hyde.
These figures include values obtained from one hospital individual (Sk8), [4].
Table 6.
Strontium and Oxygen Isotopic data for Sk27.
δ18Op and δ18Odw were calculated used the equations in Chenery [31] and Daux [32].