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Title: HARNESS FITTING [Go to resource]
Description: Medieval gilt copper alloy strap-mount from horse furniture, comprising a vertical D-sectioned bar with enamelled shield at upper end with perforated lug at apex, further perforation through bar above a broad and shallow transverse groove at the springing of a rectangular loop at base. The base of the loop is of narrowed oval section. The shield bears the arms: Azure two pales Or a fess Gules overall. These are probably the arms of BURGHILL, Henry de, d.1271 or his nephew Roger de, d.1303, both of whom were from Westbury, Gloucestershire., and bore: Paly Or and Azure a fess Gules (Cf. Brault (1997) vol.2, 85-6). 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: 1200 1350 Source: Portable Antiquities Identifier: http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... Language: en-GB Format: text/html Go to resource More Like this...
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