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Description: | A late medieval to post-medieval book fitting. The item, made of a single plate, is rectangular in plan and both faces are flat. One end tapers into a backward facing hook, now partially broken off, which would have fitted into an eye or similar, thus clasping the book closed. The front face has two circular rivet holes through which a rivet survives intact in each hole. The front face is decorated with patterns: a circlet is engraved around each of the two holes, and a triangular 'zig-zag' pattern runs vertically (long side to long side) between the two circles. There are a further two zig-zag patterns towards the hook end of the object, again running vertically from one long side to the other. The back face is plain and undecorated; the two rivets are also visible at the back. The object probably datewd from c. AD 1500 - 1700.
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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