Record ID: SOM-D7E8A4
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large hook-piece from a copper-alloy post-medieval book-clasp. It is sub-rectangular in shape, with a flared attachment end; the other end is squared off with a central rectangular curved hook. The main body of the clasp is 26.8mm in width, flaring to a maximum of 30.5mm at the attachment end. At the flared end is a single central rivet hole; the iron rivet is corroded in place, holding a square copper-alloy rove. The end itself is bevelled slightly. Floral decoration seems to have been stamped in the upper two thirds of the main field: a rose to the right of a second ste…
Created on: Wednesday 10th July 2013
Last updated: Monday 19th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burlescombe CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B81C47
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large quatrefoil cruciform mount with central boss cast in copper alloy of medieval date. The base of the mount consists of four trefoil arms, each with a rivet hole in the centre; parts of three rivets survive in situ. The edge of the base is bevelled. The arms are arranged at the cardinal points around a circular domed central boss with a stepped base and small flattened top. The surface of the boss has flattened strips and file marks suggesting that the object has been turned. The reverse of the boss is hollow. The object has a mid-green shiny patina. One of the sides of one of t…
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wincanton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-0ADED8
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bent hook-piece from a copper-alloy post-medieval book-clasp. It is sub-rectangular in shape, with a flared attachment end; the other end is squared off with a central rectangular curved hook. The main body of the clasp is 14.2mm in width, flaring to a maximum of 16.3mm at the attachment end. At the flared end is a single central rivet hole; the iron rivet is corroded in place. On the upper surface there is a zone of decoration below the hook, covering around a third of the clasp. A stamped sunburst or flower sits within an elaborate quatrefoil border in this zone. The whole is b…
Created on: Friday 28th February 2014
Last updated: Friday 28th February 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-0B27C7
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged and incomplete hook-piece from a copper-alloy post-medieval book-clasp. It is sub-rectangular in shape, with a flared attachment end, now heavily abraded; the other end is squared off with a central rectangular curved hook. The main body of the clasp is 17.5mm in width, flaring to a maximum of 20.6mm at the attachment end. At the flared end is a single central rivet hole; the remnants of an iron rivet is corroded in place. The object is decorated on its upper surface in four main transverse registers separated by transverse ridges moulded in low relief. The register close…
Created on: Friday 28th February 2014
Last updated: Friday 28th February 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-339F83
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bent hook-piece from a copper-alloy post-medieval book-clasp. It is sub-rectangular in shape, with a slightly flared attachment end; the other end is squared off with a central rectangular curved hook. At the flared end is a single central rivet hole; the head of a copper-alloy rivet is corroded in place. A second corroded rivet head is located around two thirds of the way along the clasp. On the upper surface possible curvilinear decoration can possibly be discerned below the hook. Anything beyond is obscured by corrosion product; there is a circular discolouration around the ri…
Created on: Friday 14th March 2014
Last updated: Friday 14th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F529E7
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A hook-piece from a copper-alloy post-medieval book-clasp. It is sub-rectangular in shape, with a slightly flared, cusped attachment end; the other end is squared off with a central rectangular curved hook, narrowed in relation to the end. At the flared end is a single central rivet hole; the head of an iron rivet is corroded in place. A second corroded rivet head is located around two thirds of the way along the clasp. On the upper surface is a stamped ring-and-dot design towards the centre formed of two rings. It would seem to be otherwise plain. This artefact has corroded to…
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-5F3504
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper-alloy plate from a hinged plate-and-loop type book clasp dating from the late 14th or early 15th century. Only vestiges of the loop survive in situ around the copper-alloy axis bar at the narrow end of the plate (width 6.9mm). The plate was formed of one piece folded over on itself at the narrow end, this latter recessed to the sides to accommodate the loop. Each sheet is trapezoidal, expanding from the loop end to the attachment end which is straight. At the attachment end there is a rivet hole in each corner; both rivets survive in place. This example measures 2…
Created on: Thursday 19th February 2015
Last updated: Friday 20th February 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PAS-8CA942
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy book clasp (hook piece) of late medieval or early post-medieval date. The artefact is generally flat a sheet-like, but has been bent slightly as a result of old damage. The main body takes the form of a lozenge truncated at each end. At the attachment end there is a basic, rectangular transverse protrusion on each side with an abraded terminal beyond. The rectangular arrangement is echoed at the other end of the lozenge. Beyond this, is a flared terminal with two notches that create a low central triangle. A separate iron rivet is retained within the flared terminal at …
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Last updated: Monday 4th February 2019
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Record ID: PAS-8CAD4F
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rectangular pierced copper-alloy plate, probably a medieval book clasp of Howsam type A.7. It would have been riveted to an equivalent plate by four rivets, located one towards each corner. The rivets have a circular cross-section, and all four survive in situ, their head flush to the surface of the plate. The plate is cusped to emphasise the corners, by an engraved V shape central at each short end, and smaller V-shaped lines towards the corner on the long edge. There are further, finer engraved lines between these latter, at each corner. There are also suggestions of incised diago…
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2019
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Record ID: PAS-8CCBE2
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy plate almost certainly from a medieval clasp. Half of the plate survives here, following a transverse break at the fold. The plate is sub-rectangular, with no frame recesses at the fold. There is a decoratively shaped attachment end, now slightly damaged but originally with four triangular cut-outs which would have created five knops, including those at the corners. Two knops have been broken off towards one of the corners (old damage). Engraved angled lines at the base of each knop emphasise each protrusion on the front. The front is decorated within a v…
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st January 2019
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Record ID: DEV-36E165
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy hinged fitting of post-medieval date: probably a book clasp (c. 18th century). The object is comprised of two plates of comparable length, both broadly trapezoidal, with a slight curve, one with bowed sides. This latter has a plain outer surface and may thus be considered the lower plate. It is attached to the upper plate by a long, central tubular loop, which travels round an axis bar retained on the upper plate by two lateral tubes. The upper plate is perforated centrally at the other end, presumably to connect to the lower plate through a pin or stud, now missing. The…
Created on: Wednesday 10th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2022
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Record ID: DEV-A71052
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy hooked clasp, possibly for a book fitting, and most likely medieval to post-medieval in date c. AD 1450-1650. The object is made of two plates held together by rivets. The plates share the same broad form, comprising a rectangular body, firmly joined along the base edge, but tapering into a squared terminal along the upper split-end. The terminal tapers gently into the plate creating concave curved edges. The front plate is flat. There is a decorative, incised, vertical line on either side of the clasp, approxim…
Created on: Thursday 27th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 5th July 2023
Spatial data recorded.