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BOOK FITTING

Unique ID: LIN-1FB007

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A late medieval copper alloy book fitting or furnishing of Howsam Type B.1.2. The mount is quatrefoil, with each arm terminating with a pierced trefoil. Incised lines decorate the detail of the terminals. The centre is domed and has a moulded knop at the top.

See Howsam 2016, p.92-3 for comperanda.

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 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 28 mm
Height: 15 mm
Width: 28 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Cold Hanworth (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF0383
Four figure Latitude: 53.3338941
Four figure longitude: -0.45471037
1:25K map: TF0383
1:10K map: TF08SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: LIN
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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