THIS PAPER INTRODUCES and discusses a group of broadly 14th-century single-looped buckles. These oval buckles are characterised by an outer edge which widens gradually towards its centre, thus providing a sizeable field either side of the pin rest. Two-thirds of the corpus of over 100 examples are decorated with engraved and punched motifs. These motifs comprise abstract forms, schematic or realistic vegetal or animal motifs, representations of humans and architectural features, and religious inscriptions. Such buckles are typical of the South of France, but are documented here for the first time from the eastern and southern coasts of England. Their presence in England can be framed in a commercial context; once diffused, they might have been copied, and other decorative motifs introduced in order to meet local needs. Compositional analyses revealed the existence of alloy groups with high proportions of lead or tin, potentially testifying to production in separate workshops.

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询问金属制品的扩散：一种中世纪铜合金扣的案例研究

本文介绍并讨论了一组广泛的 14 世纪单环带扣。这些椭圆形带扣的特点是外边缘向其中心逐渐变宽，从而在销座的两侧提供了相当大的区域。超过 100 个例子的语料库中有三分之二装饰有雕刻和冲压图案。这些图案包括抽象形式、示意图或写实的植物或动物图案、人类和建筑特征的表现以及宗教铭文。这种带扣是法国南部的典型特征，但首次在英格兰东部和南部海岸被记录下来。他们在英格兰的存在可以在商业背景下进行。一旦扩散，它们可能会被复制，并引入其他装饰图案以满足当地需求。