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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy book clasp dating to the Medieval period, AD1350-1450. The clasp is part of a two-piece book clasp with a hinged plate and loop. Only the lower part of the hinge with the loop survives. The hinge bar has a small section of the plate still in place and bordered two arm projections above the roundel. Below the hinge is a domed section with a small central hole. At the base is a looped projection which is decorated with a moulded design, possibly intended to be zoomorphic.Parrells of this type of book clasp are illustrated in Egan (1998, p.279, no.921-925). Other examples are recorded on the database DENO-0D92E8, DENO-D04BE4, BERK-CB1685.The book clasp is 20mm length.Reference: Egan, G. 1998. The Medieval Household Daily Living c.1150-c.1450. Museum of London.
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