Urinal In A Basket

A phial of bodily fluid caried in a wire enclosure. Visual analysis of a patient's urine was an important diagnostic tool in medieval medicine. Default orientation: upright. No proper coloration.

Source: Heraldry For the Local Historian and Genealogist (Arms of Dr Louys Caerlyon, 1483). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Heraldry For the Local Historian and Genealogist. Artist unknown. (Arms of Dr Louys Caerlyon, 1483.)