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Record ID: SF-AD95E2
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Medieval book clasp with integral forked spacer, dating to the period AD 1300-1450. It consists of a tapering integral forked spacer ending with a pierced oval plano-convex element. The latter has a pierced terminal set at right angle; the terminal is incomplete and is probably moulded in a form of a stylised animal head. Both faces of the forked spacer bear traces of soldering. Cf Egan-Pritchard (1991, p. 154, no. 723). See parallel on PAS database: LON-1EFE7D. The clasp would have been attached to a strap fixed to one cover of the book, and fitted o…
Created on: Friday 27th July 2018
Last updated: Friday 17th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bay Thorne end', grid reference and parish protected.