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Description: | An incomplete Medieval to Post Medieval cast copper alloy book clasp hook-piece. The book clasp hook-piece is rectangular-sectioned and rectangular in plan, widening at one terminal. This wide terminal has three wedges cut into it so that it has a four-lobed outer edge. Slightly inset from this is a raised annulet formed from two incised discs, in the centre of which is a circular pierced hole. This would have enabled a rivet to pass through the clasp and attach it to the cover of the book. In line with this rivet hole further down the length of the clasp is another circular attachment hole for the same purpose. The second rivet hole abuts a decorated area on the front surface of the clasp where the clasp extends outwards slightly to make a square area. This section has been decorated with an incised pattern of pairs of diagonal lines, with a narrow column of diagonal lines sloping in the other direction. Projecting outwards from the outer edge of this decorated area is a small hook that has been formed from folding a projecting tab of the metal round towards the reverse. The reverse of the clasp is undecorated. The artefact has a uniform mid-brown patina and is only slightly worn.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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