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Description: | Copper-alloy buckle with integral plate. The frame is D-shaped and has moulded ridges around the edge. There is a circular pin hole 3 mm in diameter; to either side of this is a small projecting lobe. The plate is asymmetric and has three rounded lobes separated by curved grooves; each lobe has a circular perforation slightly smaller than the pin hole.
The ornament is in the late Viking Urnes Style which arrived in England in the mid 11th century and continued into the 12th. This buckle has a very simplified version of the style; the design is normally cast in openwork form, giving a greater depth to the figures. It incorporates curving lines enclosing ribbon-shaped quadrupeds, sometimes entwined, and is often asymmetric. A more sophisticated version of an Urnes-style buckle with integral plate can be seen at DENO-50FE76. | Subjects: | Anglo-Scandinavian | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Boughton, Dot - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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