Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 31/1. (2011)
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Bronze Objects from the Excavation of the Tärgu Mures Franciscan Friary 325 buckle used probably at smaller books. Its length is 2.5 cm its width at the lower wide side is 1.5 cm, its width at the upper part is 1.2 cm. 13. Book buckle, (Inv. no. 8749), C34, 15th century, pressed bronze plate. The buckle is composed of a square shaped body having three holes on its surface. One corner was broken just as the hook of the buckle and it has the trace of a cut as it was separated from the book cover. Its length is 3.1 cm its width is 2.1 cm. 14. Book cover stripe, (Inv. no. 8709), C30/2009,15th century, cut from a larger bronze plate. The book cover stripe has two simple striated decorations at the two edges in the middle it has no ornament. Its length is 5.2 cm, its width is 1.2 cm and its thickness is 0.09 cm. 15. Book or box cover stripe, (Inv. no. 8732), C34/2010, -2.55 m, early 15th century. The stripe was cut from a larger plate its edges are faceted and uneven; it has five holes in the middle part. One side is round; on the other side the ending part was broken. Its length is 11 cm its width is generally 0.65 cm its thickness is 0.1 cm. 16. Book cover stripe, (Inv. no. 8754), C30/2009, -0.8 m, 15th century, bronze stripe. The stripe has no decoration it has six holes in a raw two of them still has nails inserted. Its length is 7.5 cm its width is 1.44 cm its thickness is 0.09 cm. 17. Book cover ornament, (Inv. no. 8700), C23/a/2008, D6, -1.4 m, late 15th early 16th century. The square shaped fragment is divided by a square shaped incision that divides in eight equal parts its inside. Every second field is striated. One of its edges has three V shaped decoration besides the decoration there are two holes for the nails, at the opposite side it was continued there is the breaking line. It is 2 cm wide, 2.2 cm long and 0.8 mm long. 18. Book cover ornament, (Inv. no. 8719), C 34/a/2010, D4/c, -2.3 m, 15th century, pressed. The inner end of the ornament has a serrated decoration and two nail holes, on the body of the plate there is a stylized fish ornament formed by two rhomboidal line decoration surrounded by a simple line frame. The outside part of the ornament with the clamp is missing. Its length is 4.7 cm, its width is 1.65 cm, and its thickness is 0.08 cm. 19. Book cover button, (Inv. no. 8720), C25, -1.71 m, 15th century, casted. The button has a 0.7 cm wide rim having a high sphere in the middle. Its height is 0.9 cm, its diameter has 2 cm. 20. Book cover clamp, (Inv. no. 8731), C23, Df/5, -2.3 m, 15th century. Fragment of a smaller book’s lock system. The clamp is 1.6 cm long, 0.9 cm wide and 0.12 cm thickness, it ends in a little hook. 21. Bronze plate fragment and bronze nail, (Inv. no. 8728), C23/2008, Dl-3/g-h, -2 m, 16th century. The fragment of a bronze plate and nail could be used as book binding accessory. The nail is 1 cm long, the plate is 2.1 cm long and 1.6 cm wide. 22. Candle extinguisher, (Inv. no. 8684), C34/2010, -1 m, late 14th early 15th century, casting. Only the lower part was preserved, the upper part with the handles is missing. On the lower part we have two wider spatula-type ends; one side has a deepened ending so it could extinguish the candle. The deeper side has a wider side where one can see tree circle ornaments having a point in the middle. At every circle the backside of the spatula has a wave like higher point. The extinguisher fragment is 7 cm long. Household accessories and tools 23. Knife handle, (Inv. no. 8687), C34/2010, П4/0, -0.8 m, 15th century, casting. It has a flattened octagonal shape, in the middle it has a simple line drawing decoration formed of five lines. In the two sides it has triangle shaped line decoration, the handle is widened and it has three knobs at its end. From the three knobs two end in a point, the middle one is round shaped. The handle is 7.3 cm long at its end is 1.4 cm wide, at the middle has 0.8 cm. 24. Knife handle fragment, (Inv. no. 8708), C34/2010, -3.1 m, 15th century, composed of bronze plate and iron middle. The fragment is from the back side of a handle, it still has its iron core, which is surrounded by the decorated bronze plate. Its decoration is made through incision imitating the form of leafs and it is ending in two circular lines. The end of the handle has three knobs the lower one is ending in a point and it is little longer. The knife probably originated from Styria, it is a German import. Its length is 4.8 cm its width is 2.7 cm at the wider par and 1.74 cm at the lower narrow part.
