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Description: | A section of one arm of a later medieval to post-medieval cast copper-alloy purse bar (AD 1400-1500), Ward Perkins' Class A2. The arms would have extended from either side of a central boss which housed the suspension loop. The arm is broadly oval in section and has a rounded expanded terminal at one end. There are two integral lugs that extend from the lower edge of the arm with an attachment hole whcih would have been sewn to the purse itself. The arm has an incised inscription on each side which was then filled with niello inlay, little of which now survives. The inscription is in Latin and reads; + MINI[...] / NOSTRI [...]. David Williams suggest the legend could read DOMINI NOSTRI IESU CHRISTI, if this is the case then the inscription must have started not on the lest of the bar but to the right of the central boss - DOMINI / NOSTRI IESV / CHRISTI. Another example has been recorded on this database (see KENT-57B256).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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