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Description: | Medieval buckle frame, oval (21 x 32mm), comprising a broad angled outside edge with two confronted monsters in high relief and an offset narrowed bar with a stylised beast??s head on both sides, each gripping the end of the narrowed bar between its jaws, and retaining a corroded iron pin. The monsters, probably wyverns (or dragons), have lion-like heads, engraved scales or feathers and possible wings, two legs and bifurcated tails. An elaborate buckle with the outside edge of the frame comprising a pair of confronted openwork dragons of similar form and handling to those described above can be found in English Romanesque Art 1066-1200 (1984), no.256. Late 12th??early 13th century. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Bales, Ellen - Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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