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BOOK FITTING
Unique ID: PUBLIC-B4D8CC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A complete late medieval or early post-medieval copper alloy book mount dating 15th - 17th century. The mount is lozenge-shaped with a triangular notch cut taken out of the centre of each side of the lozenge. There is a domed boss in the centre, within a stamped counter-relief octofoil, containing a concentric line of pellets and a star in each foil. The mount has a counter-relief border comprised of pellets. The reverse side is undecorated. Each corner of the mount has a circular attachment hole. One corner of the mount is folded backwards through damage.
A parallel can be found in Margeson (1993: 75) plate XIII which is still mounted on a book and is dated to the late 16th century. A similar example, also with stamped decoration, is recorded on the database at NMS-5470A8.
Dimensions: length: 41.11mm; width: 27.49mm; thickness: 2.22mm; weight: 1.87g.
Class:
mount
Sub class: Howsam type B.3
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.11 mm
Width: 27.49 mm
Thickness: 2.22 mm
Weight: 1.87 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 17th November 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Stamped
Spatial metadata
Region: London (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: Southwark (London Borough)
Parish or ward: Cathedrals (London Borough Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ3180
Four figure Latitude: 51.50376016
Four figure longitude: -0.11395435
1:25K map: TQ3180
1:10K map: TQ38SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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