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Description: | A Medieval copper alloy strap end, Class E, Type 1 Winchester style (10th - 11th century). This strap end is relief-decorated with cast open work that is typical of Winchester style strap ends. It is tongue-shaped with the butt-end rebated for the strap with three rivet holes for attachment. One of the rivet holes is empty the other two are blocked, either with corrosion or the remains of the rivets. The openwork pattern comprises two open-mouthed beasts in profile, facing each other with their front paws against a central pellet and their tails interlacing between their lower legs. The decoration is the same on both sides.Similar strap ends are illustrated in Biddle (1990:499). Thomas (2003:2) notes that the Winchester style art-form had its roots in the cultural and religious centres of southern England with their close continental links.Dimensions: length: 51.13mm; width: 28.29mm; thickness: 6.19mm; weight: 43.54g.Reference: Biddle M. 1990. Object and Economy in Medieval Winchester. Clarendon Press, OxfordThomas, G. 2003. Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age strap-ends 750-1100: Part 2. The Finds Research Group Datasheet 33.
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