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Description: | A complete, Medieval, cast, copper alloy fastening from a book. The fastener consists of four, moulded fleurs-de-lis arranged opposing each other to create a mount that is square in plan. There is a centrally drilled hole for a rivet/pin. The copper-alloy pin remains in situ, projecting from the reverse where it would have secured the fastener to the book cover, and projecting from the front to terminate in a rounded knop which would have engaged with a clasp fitted to a strap on the other cover of the book.Normally, such pins were set in sheet mounts or roves whose corners were bent down for fixing to the leather book cover. Few such objects have been recognised from excavated assemblages, though examples survive in situ on medieval book covers (Egan 1998, 278-9, fig. 214).
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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