NMS-962BEB: Fragment of Medieval page holder

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Unique ID: NMS-962BEB

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

One terminal from a medieval copper alloy page-holder, trapezoidal plate (27 x 15mm, 1mm thick) with its outer face decorated with pairs of pecked longitudinal wavy or zig-zag lines within vertical bordering lines and with a punched dot within each curve. Extant length of arm 26mm, width 7mm, 1mm thick. Page-holders were used to hold several leaves of vellum together. They occur on both lay and ecclesiastical sites (Biddle 1990, 756). 13th - 14th century.

Class: page holder

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 26 mm
Width: 7 mm
Thickness: 1 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 16th January 2017 - Monday 20th February 2017

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 60030
Other reference: NMD022017

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Cantley (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TG3805
Four figure Latitude: 52.59065196
Four figure longitude: 1.51229781
1:25K map: TG3805
1:10K map: TG30NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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