Book mountings

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These book mountings were among a large number of brass objects and fragments found at Crossraguel Abbey near Maybole in Ayrshire. They date from the 15th or 16th century. The mountings would have fitted around a book.

Book mountings such as these could be clipped together to hold the book shut. (These two mountings do not constitute a matching pair.)

Crossraguel Abbey was founded in the early 13th century as a house of Cluniae monks. Most of the original buildings were replaced in the 14th and 15th centuries. The abbey buildings are now in the care of Historic Scotland.

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• Online ID: 000-190-000-709-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.KJ 154
• Date: 15th or 16th century
  
• Material: Brass
  Brass / fragment / object
  
• Dimensions: 80 mm H x 12 mm W (largest piece)
  
• What: Brass / fragment / object
  
• Subject: Ecclesiastical, miscellaneous, vestments (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: Crosraguel Abbey; Ayrshire
  
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• Description: Seventy-nine fragments and objects of brass, including book mountings and pieces of wire, from Crosraguel Abbey
  
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