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BOOK FITTING
Unique ID: SUSS-271CA3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy umbonate quatrefoil mount of medieval date, probably from a book. The mount has four semi-circular lobes each with a rivet hole; on two the edge of the mount beyond the hole has worn through; for all, the rivet has been lost. There is a slight ridge between each lobe and the dome. The central dome is rounded, convex and hollow. There is no obvious decoration. The mount has corroded to a mottled brown to green colour.
A parallel can be found illustrated in Read (2001, 16; ref. 118) for which a c. 14th-century date is suggested as is a possible function as a book mount.
Class:
mount
Sub class: Howsam type B.1.2
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.2 mm
Width: 27.2 mm
Thickness: 7.9 mm
Weight: 6.03 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th October 2009
Rally details.
This object was found at Rotary charity rally/Wessex MDC - Hannington (04/10/09)
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ticket number 11
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Basingstoke and Deane (District)
Parish or ward: Hannington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5656
Four figure Latitude: 51.300378
Four figure longitude: -1.198139
1:25K map: SU5656
1:10K map: SU55NE
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2001 | Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 16 | 118 |
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