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Description: | Medieval copper alloy buckle. The buckle is a 'locking buckle', which is made up of three parts; the frame, the pin and the spindle with integral 'locking arm'. The frame is rectangular in plan with a notch on one side to hold the pin. The top and bottom sides of the frame are flanged (in order to give more strength to the frame) where the holes are drilled through to receive the spindle. The pin is triangular at the 'pin' end and square in plan at the opposite end. The square end has a hole drilled through at the top and bottom, also to receive the spindle. The spindle fits through the holes in both the frame and the pin, in order to secure the pin in place. The top of the spindle extends above the top of the frame and thickens to become the 'locking arm' which forms a broad curve. This arm was probably used to suspend a knife or a purse. This is a distinctive type of buckle which dates from c. 1300 - 1450 AD. See references below for similar examples. Norwich (Margeson, 1993, ref: 139) and London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991, ref: 445).
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