Record ID: HAMP1377 - MEDIEVAL book fitting

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BOOK FITTING

Unique ID: HAMP1377

Object type certainty: Certain

Cast copper-alloy one-piece book-clasp. The end which would have been attached to the strap is pierced. There is a horizontal moulding on the end, followed by a slightly tapering D-sectioned shaft which has further horizontal mouldings enclosing a circular conical recess (which may once have held a stone), before extending to a rounded element which then terminates in a finely cast animal's neck and head. Ears, eyes, nose, mouth and coat-patterning are all well-defined. A hinged rivet is secured through the round element and would have secured the clasp to the book. The hinge on the upper surface is broken. The reverse is flat. Heavily gilded; much of which survives. This example differs from the late 14th-early 15th century examples in being extremely well cast with a well-defined animal's head terminal.

Notes:

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Class: Clasp

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1300

Dimensions and weight

Length: 66 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Surface Treatment: Gilded [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: Hampshire
District: Winchester
To be known as: HAMPSHIRE HEADBOURNE WORTHY

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st May 2001

Personal details

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Recorded by: Ms Sally Worrell - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Ms Sally Worrell - [view all attributed records]

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