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Description: | Copper alloy hinged plate and loop from a two-piece strap end. The plate is rectangular, flat and has a hole in the centre The surface of the plate is decorated with rows of opposing punched triangles. There is an expanded lip at the loop end, the loop of which is set at a right angle to the plate and is pierced horizontally. The loop is in the form of a stylised animals head with the eye being the hole and the mouth depicted open by a faceted groove. The attachment end has a composite copper alloy bar.
Similar items have been found in late 14th and early 15th century layers in London, where they are described as being possible book fasteners in view of their prevalence in ecclesiastical contexts (Egan, 1991, p155). | 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: | 1390
1450 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Adam Daubney | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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