Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 31/1. (2011)
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324 Z. Soós its front right leg placed in a heraldic shield. The lion shows its tongue and it has a raised tail. Above the shield there is a small separated field with two initials G D. The seal is 2.7 cm high, the lower seal part is 144 X 1.1 cm, at the hook it is 0.9 cm wide and 0.5 cm thick. 3. Stilus, (Inv. no. 7908) 14th century, first half, 03/2006, D4/D, -1.50 m, casting. One side is ended in a pin, the other side is widened, the middle has an octagonal shape and it narrows towards the pin. Before the pin it has three little rings. The stilus has a special shape it could be used in the codex transcription for the design of the initials, its length is 7.4 cm. 4. Stilus, (Inv. no. 8669), C34a/2010, IU4/B, -2.2 m, casting, second half of the 14th century. On one side there is 3.5 cm long and 1.5 cm wide spatula, the haft is 11.5 cm it is narrowed from the spatula and it is ending in a pinpoint. The length of the stilus is 15 cm it was probably used for writing on wax board. 5. Seal ring, (Inv. no. 8550), C23, Oe-f/3-4, -2.75 m, it was found in the filling of the 15th century cellar near the western column. Probably a private seal ring from the late 15th century having a small oval shaped top decorated with a symbol in the middle, surrounded by small semicircles. The body of the ring has a simple decoration composed of lines carved on the surface. The ring was made from a single bronze piece. Diameter: 2.7 cm. 6. Ring, (Inv. no. 8681) C6/2004. Ring from the mid 16th century, it is composed from two parts, the top of the ring and the body. The body is a simple bronze ring without any decoration, the top is larger and its central part has a solar symbol decoration surrounded by semicircles placed along the edge. Its diameter is 2 cm its height is 2.4 cm, thickness of the ring 0.18 mm. 7. Embossed book corner ornament, (Inv. no. 8683), Sl/1999, dll, - 2.3 m, 15th century, pressed. It has a rhomboidal shape, it was a corner ornament and also protected the book cover. In the middle of the ornament there is a flower symbol in relief with six petals, at the edge it has a decoration motif formed from lines, and on the inner end one can see an oak leaf having two holes at its beginning. The wholes created by the nails are visible. Its length is 8. Book cover ornament, (Inv. no. 7911), C 21/2007, П4/е, -2.9 m, 15th century, casted. The fragment was part of a larger ornament, one of its narrow edges was preserved and it is decorated with a repeating lily motif, between the lilies the ornament was perforated. On the longer side it has two simple edges and between them a decoration of perforated acanthus leaves surrounding a chalice. The rest of the stripe was broken, we do not know local analogies but there is one similar ornament preserved in the collection of the Hungarian National Museum (Lovag 1999, 87, 228, item no. 220). The ornament is 4.6 cm long, 2.75 cm wide and 0.16 cm thick. 9. Book clamp, (Inv. no. 8686), C34/2010, Db/1, -2 m, early 15th century pressed. It has a trapezoidal shape (2.5 x 1.5 cm) with two nails at its wider side and a simple striated decoration at the edge. On the narrower side there is a buckle for the clamp. Length 4.2 cm, width (middle part) 0.6 cm, width (end part) 1.55 cm. 10. Book cover ornament, (Inv. no. 8698), C29/2008, 15th century, pressed. The pressed ornament was preserved in a very bad shape its decoration is hardly visible. The ornament has a stripe decoration with vertical lines inside surrounding a vegetal ornament consisting of leaves and a spiral line. At the fourth edge it has a dent like decoration. On the object it is visible the trace of a nail. The fragment is 3cm long and 2.4-2.6 cm wide, it has a trapezoidal shape. 11. Book buckle, (Inv. no. 8701), C34/2010, Db/3, -2.30 m, mid 15th century. The buckle is a thicker object, it is widening from one side to the other. It starts with a hook and eye, followed by a round shaped part with a hole in the middle, between a single closing groove and a double closing groove. After the double groove follows the widening body of the buckle, ended in three V shaped dents. Just near the dents there are two holes with the bronze nails inside. On the other side there is a small fragment of a bronze plate and between them it is visible a fragment of leather from the book cover. It has a similar analogy in the collection of the Hungarian National Museum (Lovag 1999, 90, 230, item no. 230). Its length is 4.4 cm, thickness 0.4 cm, width (wide side) 1.3 cm, width (middle hole) 0.85 cm. 12. Book buckle, (Inv. no. 8705), C 34/2010, -2.6 m, mid 15th century. The buckle is made of a simple tucked plate, it has a hook on its upper part, its lower side has a trapezoidal shape and on the front side it has a V shape dent decoration. On the lower wider side there are two bronze nails preserved in the
