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Description: | A copper alloy Medieval book clasp of the zoomorphic, pierced and hinged type dating from AD 1350 - 1450.The book fitting is cast with an oval or rounded area with a zoomorphic projection from one side and the bar projecting from the other. An attachment plate would have hinged on the bar, but is missing. There is a circular piercing in the centre of the rounded element. The hole would have fitted over a peg on the cover of the book. The zoomorphic part has a pierced terminal with another circular hole at right angles to the plane of the rest of the book clasp through it. The smaller piercing forming a projecting loop may have had a cord passed through it to aid pulling the clasp off the peg. The metal has a dark brown patina. The clasp is 18.5mm long, 10.6mm wide, 5.1mm thick and 2.15g.Compare Egan, G., 1998 The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London) London : The Stationery Office, 279. Also, SWYOR-CB3D65 and SWYOR-EABA94.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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