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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy loop from a two piece book clasp of Medieval date (c. AD 1350 - c. AD 1450). Length: 32.5mm; width: 18.0mm and 7.2mm thick. Weight: 10.49g.The recessed plate that secured the strap is missing.The loop consists of three integral elements, two outward projecting lugs, a body and a terminal. The lugs, sub-rectangular in cross-section, are incomplete due to old breaks. Each end of the lugs would have been perforated to accommodate a bar which allowed the loop to swivel at the end of the plate. This part has a thickness of 3.3mm. The central element, the body, is lozenge-shaped in plan. It is convex at the front and flat at the rear and has a thickness of 7.2mm. The third element, the terminal, is flat at the sides and has a double pointed upper face. It has a transverse circular perforation (about 2.0mm in diameter) that would probably have held a free running ring. The rear face is plain. However, at the centre of the lozenge-shaped part, there is a circular depression of 2.4mm in diameter and having a depth of about 0.3mm.The body and terminal together vaguely resemble the head of an animal. The object has a mid to dark green patina interspersed with patches copper alloy corrosion products. Similar loops related to book clasps, although in a slightly different style, have been recovered from archaeological excavations in London and dated c. 1350 - c. 1450 (Egan 1998, 277-80, fig. 214, refs. 919-925). Other similar loops from book fittings are recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database.
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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