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Description: | An incomplete piece of medieval lead alloy tracery, possibly a window grille or ventilator, dating to the period c.AD 1200-1500. It is lozengiform in plan and D shaped in cross section, and comprises an openwork design featuring a quatrefoil at its centre. The tracery is decorated with pointed knops. The item is in six fragments, and appears for the most part to be from one item.The object measures circa 85mm in length and in width, and circa 2mm in thickness.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'Cf. NMS-C7348D abd DENO-FA9752 on the database.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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