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Description: | A complete copper alloy book clasp, probably dating to the Medieval period between the 15th and 16th centuries AD. This clasp is rectangular in plan, with a double-lobed end with two stamped circular holes above, one still holding a portion of the copper alloy rivet. The rectangular body is decorated in the centre with a series of concentric rings and a small central hole. On the other side of this central decoration, towards the hook, there is another stamped circular hole, similar to the ones at the lobed end. All three rivet holes are approximately 2 mm in diameter. The hook is rectangular in section and may be slightly broken at the end. Book clasps of this type were produced using copper alloy sheets which had been cast and then bent at the narrowed end into a hook. This clasp weighs 1.61g and is 31.41 mm in length, 7.48 mm in width at the rectangular section, and 1.26 mm in thickness.Artefacts such as this have been discovered during excavation to date predominantly to between the 15th and 17th centuries such as the examples found in York (Ottaway & Rogers, 2002, 2837-2939). For a similar example on the PAS database, cf. GLO-C32F31.
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