Record ID: NLM1 - EARLY MEDIEVAL book fitting

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Book fitting

Unique ID: NLM1

Object type certainty: Certain

Diamond shaped metal plate, gilded, zoomorphic interlace, perforated at one end. Probably from a book. The ornament suggests an eighth-century date.

Notes:

Sold at Christies sale, 8th April 1998, Catalogue number 119

Class: mount

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 800

Dimensions and weight

Length: 39 mm
Width: 19 mm
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 3.05 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Base Silver [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Wrought [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Decoration method: Incised [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Decoration style: Zoomorphic [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Surface Treatment: Gilded [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: North Lincolnshire
District: North Lincolnshire
To be known as: NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE

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

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 22nd September 1997

Personal details

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Recorded by: Marina Elwes - [ view all attributed records]

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