Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 31/1. (2011)
Articles
328 Z. Soós 55. Belt ornament, (Inv. no. 8706), C6/2004, -1.2 m, 15th century, casted. The belt ornament was found above the medieval floor level of the cloister. It was placed at the end of a belt. The belt ornament has a pointed end its surface is covered by a rich floral palmetto ornament. Its beginning follows the shape of the leaf and close to this there is a nail that was pierced through the ornament to attach this to the leather. Its backside has no ornaments. Its length is 3 cm, width is 1.8 cm, its thickness is 0.4 mm. The ornament has close analogies within the small and mid size market towns (Benkő 1992). 56. Belt button, (Inv. no. 7915) S 1/1999, □ C 1,15th century, casted. It has an octagonal shape at its edge there is a thin 2.6 mm rim in the middle it has a spherical shape with a small point at its top. The diameter of the button is 2.6 cm its height is 1 cm. On the back side it has four claws that made possible its attachment to a leather cloth. 57. Belt button, (Inv. no. 7914), C8/2004, D5, -0.45 m, 15th century, casted. It has an octagonal shape at its edge there is a thin 2.6 mm rim in the middle it has a spherical shape with a small point at its top. The diameter of the button is 2.6 cm its height is 0.9 cm. On the back side it has four claws that made possible its attachment to a leather cloth. 58. Belt button, (Inv. no. 8682), C23/2008, -0.45 m, from the filling of the 15th century cellar, 15th century, casted. It has an octagonal shape at its edge there is a thin 2.3 mm rim, in the middle it has a convex shape with a small point at its top. The diameter of the button is 2.9 cm its height is 1cm. On the back side it has four claws that made possible its attachment to a leather cloth. 59. Ring brooch, (Inv. no. 8702), C36/2011, -1.6 m. The brooch fragment was found in the 15th century graveyard of the friary inside the chapter house. The fragment is from a four leaf clover shaped ring brooch; its decoration is made through incision. At the two edges it has two lines, within them rhomboidal simple ornaments. It has one hole preserved that served for the attachment of the brooch to the cloth. On the surface there are traces of gilt. It is 0.88 cm wide and length of the fragment is 4 cm. The diameter of the buckle could be around 5.4-5.6 cm. 60. Belt buckle, spoiled, (Inv. no. 8745), C34/2010, -2.8 m, late 14th-early 15th century. The piece looks like a spoiled buckle; this is the first evidence of the existence of a bronze workshop. One side of the buckle is straight here it could have been connected to the belt. The buckles diameter is 2.8 cm and its thickness is 0.17 cm. 61. Belt ornament, (Inv. no. 8699), C23/2008, from the filling of the 15th century cellar. It is a fragment from a belt ornament, having a flower with five petals in the middle marked by two stripes at the two edges. It is 2.1 cm wide and 1.55 cm long. 62. Cloth buckle, (Inv. no. 8703), C34/a/2010, C/2 □, -1.6 m, (pressed) a square shaped 2 x 2.1 cm large buckle having a whole at each corner and a claw on one side. Besides the buckle we found a 4 cm long bronze band that was probably connected to the buckle. 63. Bracelet, (Inv. no. 8707), C13/2006, first half of the 14th century. The bracelet is composed of spun bronze wire. It is an important and rare find for the early 14th century Transylvania together with the preserved bronze wire fragments. Two fragments were preserved from the bracelet. It is probably imported from Germany. Its thickness is around 0.36 cm, the lengths of the fragments are 7.4 cm and 5 cm. 64. Bronze wire, (Inv. no. 8711), SIII/2003, D5, -1.4 m, 14th century. The roll of bronze wire was found bellow the 15th century walking layer near the wall, close to a grave. It was probably imported for a local manufacture as a raw material and used for cloth decoration. We found two types of metal threads, one has a simple thread form and the second has spiral a shape with a simple bronze thread in the middle. 65. Embossed ornament, (Inv. no. 8683), C34a/2010, -2.3 m, late 14th-early 15th century, pressed. Cloth ornament, made from embossed copper plate. The ornament is square shaped, its size is 4.6 x 4.6 cm and has a central image surrounded by a blank frame and the very edge has a pearl decoration. In the middle square there is a symbolic representation of a snake surrounding a column, the snake has on both sides a head. In the background one can see an ornament imitating trees. A possible explanation for the representation is the example of the fire snake from the book of Moses.
