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Description: | Late Medieval copper alloy strap fitting, probably dating between the 15th and 16th centuries and possibly for a book. It is has a broadly trefoil shaped plate which is bent down at the tip. There are two circular holes in the plate, a smaller one near the tip and a larger one through the centre. The offset strap bar is thin and one end is twisted and probably broken. There is a transverse groove separating the strap bar and the trefoil plate. The strap fitting is worn and corroded. It is 25.7mm long, 18.8mm wide and 2.5mm thick. It weighs 3.27 grams.The large central hole is reminiscent of the fittings from straps on books where the hole went over a peg on the book or a second strap and the smaller hole was for a cord used to pull it off the peg. Similar examples are illustrated by Egan (1998:279) but with plainer, circular plates and transverse small holes for the cord. They are dated to from the later 14th to 15th centuries AD. LVPL-551D96 on this database appears more similar to this example, although it is incomplete
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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