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Description: | This is a 'female' copper alloy book clasp that is rectangular in plan with an expanded butt. At the front are two forward projecting rolled arms that hold a bar in between, this forms a catch for the corresponding hooked plate. There are two rivet holes on the plate, there rear most one is surrounded by two concentric rings. Artefacts such as this have been discovered during excavation in York which dated to the 15th and 16th centuries (Ottaway & Rogers, 2002, 2937-2939) 15th -17th century.A Gospel Book with Evangelist Portraits, dated to AD1480 and held in the Cleveland Museum of Art retains similar clasps, http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1952.465 Accessed 11.06.2014
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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