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Description: | Copper alloy book clasp, with hinged slightly tapered sheet copper-alloy plate whose ends clasp a narrow mineral-preserved organic strap of 2.5mm thickness. The slightly expanded cast terminal bears a central countersunk peg hole of diameter 2.8mm and a slightly upward angled knop with a transverse perforation of 2.4mm, partially filled with further mineral-preserved organic material. Late Medieval, 1400-1450.Length: 33.3mm, Width: 8mm, Thickness (cast end): 4.5mm, Thickness (sheet plates): 0.7mm, Weight: 3.27g.
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