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Description: | Copper alloy late medieval to early post medieval strap end or buckle plate. This type of plate would have been fastened around the end of a leather belt or strap. The plate is highly decorative and bears a cast inscription on both sides. The inscription on one side has IHS as the central motif with a decorated cell at either side. This monogram IHS comes from the Greek for Jesus, IHESUS, or from the Latin Ihesus Hominum Salvator, which is, Jesus, saviour of Mankind. The inscription on the other side is less clear but appears to read [E]NRY, possibly as a shortened version of the name Henry - as the owner of the accessory or as a patriotic symbol for Henry VII/VIII. The piece has a fraction broken from it but the rest is intact. Both the front and back plate are attached to each other with two copper alloy rivets that are visible on both sides and there are some organic remains between the two plates (possibly a fragment of leather). Between the two rivets on one side of the buckle plate, there is a small rectangular piece of copper alloy. This may have helped fix the plate to the belt. The buckle plate weighs 3.25g and measures 30.9mm in length, 14.1mm in width and 3.2mm in thickness.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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