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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy umbonate quatrefoil mount of medieval date. The mount has four lobes each with a rivet hole; one lobe has worn through at the circular perforation, fragments of each of the rivets survive. There is a slight ridge between each lobe and the dome. The dome is convex and hollow. It is decorated with a cross in saltire. The metal has corroded to a dull red-brown colour. A close parallel can be found illustrated in Read (2001, 16; ref. 118) for which a c. 14th-century date is suggested as is a possible function as a book mounting.
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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