Materiaal: Brons

Afmeting: L.13mm - B.17mm

Gewicht: 6.03g

Beschrijving van het voorwerp: Haakje met oogje met aan de bovenkant een scharnierend asje.

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Bedankt Wessel

dit is een Copper-alloy medieval Book clasps dating to the late 14th - early 15th century.

Copper-alloy Book clasps with hinge and folded sheet-metal plate. The hole through the front is 2.5mm in diameter tapering to 4mm at the back face. The transverse hole through the terminal is 2mm. It is possible that the terminal is in the form of a stylised animal head.


Book clasps of this type, and those of similar form, but with forked spacers, were used to fasten books, the central hole fitting over a peg on the cover.

Bedankt Aureum