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BOOK FITTING
Unique ID: DUR-79F4A1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy hinged book clasp of Howsam type A.1.3, dating to the period AD 1350 to 1450.
The object has a flat sub-circular plate with a circular hole through the middle. The plate is not decorated on either side. At one end is a damaged recessed bar which would have been attached to a strap fixed to one cover of the book. At the other side of the is a zoomorphic terminal.
Similar examples are listed in Egan and Pritchard (1991: 154-5) from excavated contexts which date them to the period AD 1350 to 1450.
Notes:
This item was originally recorded as a strap-end and so any piercing through the terminal was not noted.
Class:
clasp
Sub class: Howsam type A.1.3
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.46 mm
Width: 21.3 mm
Weight: 7.8 g
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Minting (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF1873
Four figure Latitude: 53.24092129
Four figure longitude: -0.23327597
1:25K map: TF1873
1:10K map: TF17SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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