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BOOK FITTING
Unique ID: DOR-0C21D8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy book clasp of Howsam type A.1.1, with a hinged plate and loop at the end. The plate is tapering, double-sided and hinged with a separate cast loop attached at the hinged end. The plate has a single, domed rivet at the opposite end for attachment to a strap. The cast loop has an off-centre sub-circular hole and tapers to a narrow projection through which is a smaller circular loop at right angles to the rest of the strap end. The loop and the plate are of different alloys and have corroded differently.
Date: Medieval - c. 1350 - 1450
Dimensions: 25.23 mm x 7.33 mm x 4.31 mm
Weight: 1.70 g
See Egan (1998) The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London), 277- 80.
Class:
clasp
Sub class: Howsam type A.1.1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.23 mm
Width: 7.33 mm
Thickness: 4.31 mm
Weight: 1.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st December 2007 - Monday 1st December 2008
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: Frampton
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