Record ID: SUSS-5AF9E0
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy object, probably a book clasp, dating to the 11th century. The object consists of a sub-triangular relief-decorated openwork plate. The base has the projecting semi-circular remains of two originally circular loops, pierced from side to side, which may together have held a hinge bar. The other end (the apex of the triangle) has a zoomorphic decorated knop in the shape of an animal's head, with two pointed-oval eyes outlined by narrow ridges, a snout which is concave on top, open jaws also delineated by lines, and a rounded forehead. The open jaws hol…
Created on: Thursday 4th July 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Aldingbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-C17152
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The hook end of a hook-piece from a copper-alloy book clasp of late medieval or early post-medieval date. The clasp is thin and has broken near the hook end with an old, irregular break (for a more complete example see SUSS-6F2B47). At the complete end is a curved hook, as thin as the main strip and bent 100 degrees downwards; it is 6.1mm wide at the top and tapers towards the end. Below this the main body of the clasp is 10.8mm across and 0.5mm thick. There is the rusted remains of an iron rivet through the centre of the remaining section. There are traces of stamped or cast decorati…
Created on: Wednesday 17th February 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Worthing', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-CE6246
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast end plate from a copper-alloy Medieval hinged book-clasp of Howsam type A.1.1. The plate is missing, along with most of the two projections at the top of the cast terminal which would have held the hinge bar. The stubs of the projections remain, with old breaks. The end plate is sub-circular in plan with a central circular perforation and an end loop, at 90 degrees to the plane of the main plate. The front is slightly domed, with a transverse lowered area in the centre, around the perforation, and transverse rows of punched annulets across the raised areas and at the t…
Created on: Saturday 6th February 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bognor Regis', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-8667E5
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete hook-piece from a copper alloy Post Medieval (c.1550-1750) book-clasp. It is a sub-rectangular piece of copper alloy sheet, with a flared attachment end which is mostly lost to old damage. At the opposite end is a curved hook (4.1mm wide) the tip of which has been lost. Below this the main body of the clasp is 10.5mm in width. At the attachment end is a mass of iron corrosion which may be the remains of a rivet. There is stamped decorationm of a band with possibly flowers on in and trianges projecting from one side running across the width near the hooked terminal. This a…
Created on: Wednesday 28th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Worthing', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-83CE25
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Hinged terminal from a medieval book clasp, made from copper alloy and cast in one piece. The main part is oval with a central hole, flat on the sides and reverse and convex at the front. The central circular hole is 2.1mm in diameter. From one side of the oval part two lugs project; between these runs a separate copper-alloy bar, around which the attachment end was once hinged. An undecorated rectangular sheet-metal plate is bent in half around the bar, and represents the only part of the attachment end surviving; the rest is lost due to an old break. To the other side of the cent…
Created on: Wednesday 28th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 17th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Worthing', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-490222
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A largely complete hook-piece from a copper alloy Post Medieval book-clasp. It is sub-rectangular in shape, with a flared attachment end. At the opposite end is a curved hook (3.7mm wide). Below this the main body of the clasp is 8.5mm in width, flaring to a maximum of 14.7mm at the attachment end. At the attachment end the plate splits into two, one fork is broken and bent, the other has a slight S-shaped curve at the end. There are two rivet holes near the attachment end, one in each fork and possibly a third with the stub of the rivet still in place near the hook end. The rivet hol…
Created on: Wednesday 8th July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Worthing', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-6F54E7
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A largely complete but bent hook-piece from a copper-alloy post-medieval book-clasp. It is sub-rectangular in shape, with a flared attachment end. At the opposite end is a curved hook (5.4mm wide) the tip of which has been lost. Beyond this the main body of the clasp is 14.2mm in width, flaring to a maximum of 16.5mm at the attachment end. There is only one rivet hole, near the attachment end, it is filled with iron corrosion, probably from the rivet. Around this hole at at the hook end is raised, possibly cast, decoration. The rivet hole is surrounded by a raised ring around which is …
Created on: Sunday 10th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Worthing', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-6F2B47
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A largely complete hook-piece from a copper-alloy post-medieval book-clasp. It is sub-rectangular in shape, with a flared attachment end. At the opposite end is a curved hook (7.7mm wide) the tip of which has been lost. Below this the main body of the clasp is 13.7mm in width, flaring to a maximum of 16.2mm at the attachment end. At the attachment end the are two small triangular removals which define a tri-lobed shape. There are two rivet holes near the attachment end and a third near the hook end, all in the centre of the plate one above the other. The two holes near the attachment …
Created on: Sunday 10th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Worthing', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-6EFBE5
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A largely complete hook-piece from a copper-alloy post-medieval book-clasp. It is sub-rectangular in shape, with a flared attachment end. At the opposite end is a curved hook (5.8mm wide) the tip of which has been lost. Below this the main body of the clasp is 14.5mm in width, flaring to a maximum of 20.7mm at the attachment end. At the attachment end the are four small triangular removals which help define its shape. Part of one of the terminal lobes (the left) is missing as a result of old damage. There are two off centre rivet holes near the attachment end and possibly a third with …
Created on: Sunday 10th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Worthing', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-16A4F3
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper-alloy two-piece book clasp with hinged plate and loop. The attachment plate is rectangular and undecorated, and made from a single piece of copper alloy bent in half around the hinge bar so that the front and back are the same size. It is 19.8mm long by 9.2mm wide and 3.9mm thick. It has two separate copper-alloy rivets, one in each corner of the attachment end. The main part of the terminal is oval, 20.4mm long, 10.0mm wide and 5.0mm thick, flat on the back and sides and convex at the front, with a central hole 2.8mm in diameter. From one side of the oval, two lugs…
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2009
Last updated: Monday 17th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Pyecombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-A64B56
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy book-clasp. The attachment end is rectangular, 33 mm long and 28 mm wide. The front and sides of the attachment end are cast in one piece and there is a thin sheet backplate, now incomplete, soldered on. The front has two small circular rivet holes, one in each outer corner; one of these retains a copper-alloy rivet. It is decorated with a panel of fine cross-hatching surrounded by an engraved line. On the panel, and crossing over at the bottom into the undecorated border, are three reserved black-letter initials. They read xpc (in lower case) with an abbreviation mark ove…
Created on: Friday 30th July 2004
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.