Copper alloy lace ends from Carmelite friary

Description Copper alloy lace ends from Carmelite friary

Collection Records of the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network (SCRAN), Edinburgh, Scotland

Catalogue Number DP 452852

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Lace ends made from copper alloy were found during the excavation of the Aberdeen Carmelite friary in 1994. Leather or textile laces would have been used to fasten garments and footwear. These lace-ends were found in burial soils. The lace ends are small sheets of copper alloy rolled into tubes. They are positioned on the end of laces and compressed to attach them to the lace (in a similar fashion to modern examples). They are found in burial soils presumably because the deceased was wearing clothes with lace ends. Shrouds may also have been tied with laces. Copper objects are often very fragile and do not survive well in the ground. SCRAN 'when' data: 1273 foundation of Aberdeen Carmelite friary 1273 - 17th century burials at the friary 1560 the Reformation: friary abandoned 1336 friary damaged by the Fire of Aberdeen.

Accession Number 2024/57

External Reference 000-000-109-977-C, 000-000-109-977-R

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/2775628

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