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BOOK FITTING
Unique ID: KENT-047AC0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy Medieval mount, probably from a book and dating to the 14th century. The mount has a central dome with three projecting lobes; one further lobe appears to have broken off in antiquity. Each lobe has a rivet hole with circular copper-alloy rivets still in place. The dome is damaged slightly at the apex, probably due to corrosion. The reverse of the dome is hollow and there is a copper alloy rectangular strip connecting two opposing rivets.
There is a comparable object listed in Read (2001, 16; Ref.118) for which a c. 14th-century date is suggested, as is a possible function as a book mount. There are a number of comparable objects recorded on the database, including HAMP-FDDF04 and NARC-719675. The rectangular backplate, however, is unusual.
It measures 25.6 mm in length, 20.3 mm wide, 6.4 mm thick and weighs 1.8 g.
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: 25.6 mm
Width: 20.3 mm
Thickness: 6.4 mm
Weight: 1.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 13th December 2014
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Maidstone (District)
Parish or ward: Detling (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ7857
Four figure Latitude: 51.28432427
Four figure longitude: 0.55106558
1:25K map: TQ7857
1:10K map: TQ75NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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