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BOOK FITTING
Unique ID: HAMP-1D6833
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A medieval (1350-1550) copper-alloy book mount of Howsam type B.1.2, comprising a central hemispherical boss with four equidistant projecting flat trefoils, each with a circular perforation for a rivet (two are filled with iron corrosion and a third contains traces, suggesting the rivet would have been made of iron). The central boss is flanked by a raised rim around its base. The trefoil terminals have a central triangular projection with an outwardly curving projection to either side. The piercings measure c.2.5mm in diameter.
To the reverse the trefoils are flat and centre is concave, measuring c.9.5mm in depth. The object is a greeny-grey in colour with all-over light pitting to the surface. It measures 45.9x45.8mm with a maximum depth of 14.7mm, and weighs 29.58g.
Notes:
Ottaway and Rogers (2002) illustrate a similar mount, No. 12928, which is described as a protective decorative book mount; conical or domed shapes are particularly characteristic of book mounts. The mount probably dates to the late medieval to early post-medieval period. Egan (1998) also illustrates a similar mount, No. 926, and dates it to the second half of the 14th century.
Also cf. WAW-3649D6, SOM-B81C47, SUSS-765001, SUSS-B16292, and SWYOR-FD7252.
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: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45.9 mm
Width: 45.8 mm
Thickness: 14.7 mm
Weight: 29.58 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 720
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: East Hampshire (District)
Parish or ward: Alton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU7238
Four figure Latitude: 51.13675443
Four figure longitude: -0.97228396
1:25K map: SU7238
1:10K map: SU73NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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