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Description: | Cast copper alloy gilded rowel spur. Probably medieval. Mass: 41.9g; length: 56.0mm; width: 48.8mm. In plan, the spur forms a ??U?? shape, with the rowel box at the heel. The arms are lentoid in section. In profile, the arms narrow and curve gently upwards towards the broken ends. On the outside of the heel there is a sub-spherical rowel box with two parallel tines at about 45 degrees to the orientation of the arms. The tines are broken at the ends. There are traces of gilding visible on the outside of the arms of the spur. Otherwise the spur has a green patina, with a brown pitted surface where this has been lost. There is an inscription on the outside of both of the arms, although this is unclear.
In: ??Spurs and Spur Fittings??, in: ??The Medieval Horse and its equipment c.1150-c.1450?? (Clark (ed.), 1995), Ellis comment that gilded spurs were buckled on to a man??s heels as part of the formal ceremony of making him a knight, and gilt spurs were considered to be the prerogative of knights. (p.124). She also reports that by the late 14th century there were complaints that many mercenary soldiers, some of whom called themselves ??knights??, wore golden spurs without ever being knighted (ibid.). Ellis (ibid, p127) states that the earliest rowel spurs appeared during the 13th century. Probably medieval in date, the spur recorded here dates from the 13th century or later. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Slarke, Duncan - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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