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Unique ID: YORYM-2596ED
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete copper-alloy cruciform book mount of medieval date, c.AD 1300 - 1400. Howsam type B.1.2.
The mount comprises a circular dome from which four, evenly spaced, sub-ovate tabs extend around the edge. Two tabs, opposite one another, are lost to worn breaks. The dome is undecorated.
The metal has a mid-red/brown patina with patches of gilding surviving and is worn. The mount is 35.2mm long, 20.6mm wide, 5.7mm thick and weighs 3.5g.
Similar mounts have been recorded on the PAS database including WILT-934CC6, IOW-192FFF, IOW-E0AAA9, and WILT-38BC89.
Ref:
Geake, H. and Webley, R., Finds Recording Guide: Book Mount, https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsrecordingguides/book-mounts/ (accessed 12/12/2019).
Class: Howsam type B.1.2
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.2 mm
Width: 20.6 mm
Thickness: 5.7 mm
Weight: 3.5 g
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Other reference: YMT : E06417
4 Figure: SE5944
Four figure Latitude: 53.88883564
Four figure longitude: -1.1038079
1:25K map: SE5944
1:10K map: SE54SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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Find number: YORYM-3B1183
Object type: MOUNT
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
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The mount com…
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Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
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Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
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