File:653CF6 - BOOK FITTING (FindID 857934).jpg

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653CF6 - BOOK FITTING
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Wendy Thompson, 2017-08-02 08:37:28
Title
653CF6 - BOOK FITTING
Description
English: A late medieval to post-medieval copper alloy book fitting dating circa 1400-1600AD. The artefact is made of a single plate, is rectangular in plan, tapering outwards to a wider measurement at the opposite end from the hook. The hook is backward facing and would have fitted into an eye or similar, this clasping the book closed. There is a slightly wider rectangular section at the hook end of the clasp, measuring 10.56mm wide and 5.51mm long. The front face has two rivet holes 4.79mm apart at the wider end of the item and there is a surviving rivet 21.38mm from the hook end. There is the remains of some linial etched decoration on the outer face but also some verdigris and a split through the outermost rivethole. 56.76mm long, 9.29mm wide tapering to 16.05mm at the broken end. Weighs 4.10grammes.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Kent
Date between 1400 and 1600
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 857934
Old ref: PUBLIC-653CF6
Filename: bookclasp3.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/624254
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/624254/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/857934
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 1 December 2020)
Object location50° 56′ 54.24″ N, 0° 55′ 08.37″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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