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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy medieval buckle. What remains of the buckle is the front portion of the frame. The sides of the frames are entirely missing, except for one short section of 6mm to one side. The narrowed pin bar at the back of the frame is also entirely missing, as is the pin. The surviving portion is sub rectangular in plan. The front of the frame is crenulated, with irregular bifoliate extensions at either corner, with two shorter bifoliate extensions set at regular distances between. The extensions have a V shaped groove that divides them into the bifoliate shape. The upper face of this portion of the buckle is divided by a deep, straight groove that runs horizontally (when the buckle is also viewed horizontally). To either side of the groove the buckle is decorated with the same incised and punched design. This decoration takes the form of an incised square, within which is a V shape (when viewing the buckle vertically), again delineated by incised lines. Around the V shape, the field within the incised box is filled with closely set punched circles. The reverse of the buckle is plain, but tooling marks are clearly visible. The original surface of the buckle survives with an even dark green patina. Break edges are worn, suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The buckle has a surviving length of 31.64mm, is 38.48mm wide, is 2.92mm thick and weighs 13.20g. The longer crenulations are 10mm long, whilst the shorter are 8mm long.The finder provided the information that a near parallel can be found from the Bargello National Museum, Florence where the example is given a 15th century date. The punched circle pattern is much used on medieval decorative items particularly ring or buckle brooches where a slightly earlier date might be given. The Bargello example has the initials 'A V' whereas the buckle recorded here appears to be 'V V.' See Ilse Fingerlin, 1971. Gürtel des hohen und späten Mittelalters - Page 193, fig.326 and page 343:catalogue number 78
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