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Description: | Gilt copper alloy strap-end; composite construction with a hollow interior; consists of a sub-rectangular upper housing to receive the strap which was secured by a single copper alloy rivet; the front surface of the housing is incised with the secret monogram 'HIC' in Lombardic lettering on a ground of oblique hatching; below the strap housing is a central thickened diamond-shaped element decorated on its front by an engraved initial 'M' on a transverse hatched ground; the reverse is punctured by a central circular hole; the lower section of the diamond extends into an animal head terminal with large lentoid ears, curving eyes and a gaping mouth which encloses the stub of another feature (possibly a loop) for suspending or attaching another fitting. If this is the case, then it is possible that this object represents a book-clasp; traces of gilding cover the entire object, as London Medieval Cat. 30.17 | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1250
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Gabor Thomas | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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