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Description: | Part of an unusual medieval cast copper alloy book clasp. An oval hinged terminal, attachment-end with narrowed bar retaining a scrap of the missing plate. the hollow backed convex body has a large oval perforation and a perforated terminal lobe rather than the more usual right angled terminal loop (often in the form of a stylised animal-head), cf. Egan (1998) fig.214, no.925. Length 32mm. Width 17mm. 4mm thick. Late-14th/early 15th century.
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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