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Description: | An openwork lead panel, possibly a grille or ventilator for a window. The panel takes the form of a circular frame with a trefoil openwork cell to the bottom right and left corners. The circle is divided by five vertical columns and a quatrefoil openwork cell in the centre. A further, possible quatrefoil cell, is located to the left and the right of this. The upper quarter is missing. The finder no longer has this item, but thinks that it was two or three inches in width. This might suggest that it is too large to be a pilgrim item, and therefore more likely to be a grille.In 'The Finds Research Group Datasheet 2. Some ecclesiastical and Monastic Finds' John Cherry (1985) states 'Lead panels, square or diamond shaped and often decorated with openwork tracery patterns, have been found in monastic sites dating from the 13th-15th centuries. They were used as ventilating panels in windows. These panels are also known from royal and archiepiscopal palaces'
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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