Record ID: CORN-B31DC7
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Stamped incomplete silver book binding or bar mount in the shape of a sword, with a 'pommel' and 'hilt', in plan, and flat in profile. There are two tiny rivets inside the bifid 'hilt' section and an etched pair of initials 'L' 'I' with oblique lines filling in the interiors of the letters. These are incomplete and trimmed at either edge, suggesting that this piece might have been cut from a larger piece with more lettering on it. "If it is as late as I suspect, it is oddly unfinished in some aspects - the edges, the rivets - to be made of silver - presumably adapted from something …
Created on: Sunday 10th June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-10DAC1
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy book clasp of Post-Medieval, sixteenth or seventeenth century date (AD 1500 – AD 1700). Length 39.2mm, width 19.0mm and 1.6mm thick. Weight 6.19g. The clasp has been formed from a single plate of copper alloy which is sub-rectangular in plan with almost parallel sides. At one end there is a centrally placed integral hook which is turned downwards and is rectangular in plan when viewed from above. This hook would have fitted into another metal fitting with a slot in it, on the reverse of the book. The other end of the plate flares slightly but is in…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-17AAC2
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete sheet copper alloy hooked object, possibly a book clasp of Post-Medieval or Modern date (AD 1700 - AD 1850). Length 50.2mm, width 43.0mm and 0.9mm thick. Weight 6.55g. The object is cruciform in plan three of the arms have tri-lobed terminals with a single rivet hole in the centre of each. The third arm is longer and parallel sided. This part also has a similar rivet hole and is bent rearwards through 180° to form a clip. The extreme end of the clip narrows and then points to the rear. A barely visible stamped inscription on the front, at the centre, reads in two lines:…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-FA9D90
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy book clasp of medieval date (late14th or early 15th century). The object is formed of a single sheet of copper alloy folded round on itself at the terminal to meet at the attachment end. It has been cut so that three main sections are formed: a sub-square element at the attachment end, a circular element below, and a protruding terminal which is sub-rectangular in plan and looped in profile. The clasp has a flat reverse surface with a circular perforation c. 6 mm in diameter through the circular lobe, whose upper surface is convex, forming a boss. The attachment end …
Created on: Monday 25th June 2007
Last updated: Friday 21st December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Quarley CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-396A21
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete sheet copper alloy and gilded book fitting of Post-Medieval date, probably sixteenth or seventeenth century (AD 1500 – AD 1700). Length 80.5mm, maximum width 34.2mm and 0.7mm thick. Weight 11.16g. The book fitting, a hooked clasp, is sub-rectangular in plan and has almost parallel sides. At the attachment end the sides flare outwards slightly towards pointed corners and as such is often referred to as a fishtail shape. The extreme end of one of the pointed corners is missing due to an old break. This end of the object is straight and at a right angle to the long…
Created on: Sunday 22nd July 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-1B9603
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A slightly corroded copper-alloy cruciform mount, probably from a book, of medieval date. It has a domed central boss which sits at the centre of a roughly lozenge-shaped panel. Each of the four cross arms are of equal length and design, having a tri-lobed terminal perforated with a circular rivet hole. Incised lines extend around the mount's perimeter and a pair of shorter, transverse lines separate the arm from its terminal. The reverse of the mount is plain and flat, apart from a slight hollow at the centre. The object measures 39mm wide and long, 7mm thick and weighs 11.4g. T…
Created on: Thursday 2nd August 2007
Last updated: Friday 14th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hertfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-80D4E6
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy loop from a two piece book clasp of Medieval date (c. AD 1350 - c. AD 1450). Length: 32.5mm; width: 18.0mm and 7.2mm thick. Weight: 10.49g. The recessed plate that secured the strap is missing. The loop consists of three integral elements, two outward projecting lugs, a body and a terminal. The lugs, sub-rectangular in cross-section, are incomplete due to old breaks. Each end of the lugs would have been perforated to accommodate a bar which allowed the loop to swivel at the end of the plate. This part has a thickness of 3.3mm. The central element, the b…
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 9th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-8EE836
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy two piece book clasp of Howsam type A.1.1, with hinged plate and loop, 265mm long, 7mm wide and 45mm thick. The object is in a fair condition with a dark brown patina and weighs 2.14grams. The object consists of a two-piece ractangular plate which has a small rectangular protrusion in the centre of its upper edge and is recessed at the other end to allow for a hinge. The hinge is fixed by a circular sectioned shaft and is attached to a sub-circular plate which has a small circular hole in its centre. the opposite end of this loop has the remains of a protrusion w…
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2007
Last updated: Monday 16th March 2020
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Record ID: IOW-B703E4
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast or sheet copper alloy book clasp of Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1500 – c. AD 1650). Length: 46.9mm; width: 15.0mm and 1.2mm thick. Weight: 3.27g. The clasp is the upper plate of two plates that would have been fastened to a leather strap that held the book shut. The lower plate is missing. The clasp is basically sub-rectangular in plan and flares out at one end (the attachment end) to form a ‘fish-tail’ shape that has a cusped edge. One of the corners of the fish-tail is missing due to an old break. At this end the width is 15.0mm. From this end the width of t…
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DE4992
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval book clasp, two transverse zig-zag lines at hooked end, iron rivet between pairs of longitudinal lines, perforated double ring-and-dot in centre, triangular arrangement of longitudinal lines and ring-and-dot with central perforation containing iron rivet at triple-notched splayed end (corner missing), retains part of iron spring on reverse. 35 x >21mm. 16th-17th century.
Created on: Thursday 11th October 2007
Last updated: Friday 11th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Outwell', grid reference and parish protected.