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Description: | Cast copper alloy book clasp or book fitting of later medieval date (1350-1500).The book clasp is incomplete being broken at one edge; this break has removed the element of the mount that fixed it to the leather strap of the binding. The clasp is 'T-shaped' with the cross bar of the 'T' toward the hinge. Along the length of the clasp are a series of dots that acts as decoration; four are visble. There are also two lines that ruins parallel to the edges along the length of the clasp. The curved hook element of the clasp is intact. Similar examples of book clasps can be seen in Egan (1998) fig.214, although both the form and decoration differentiate this clasp. Egan dates these to the late-14th and early 15th century.21.28 x 14.16 x 3.84 mm (L x W x H). 1.80g | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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