Romano-Celtic mask puzzle padlocks : a study in their design, technology and security / Jerry Slocum and Dic Sonneveld.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Oxford : Archaeopress, 2017Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (colour)Content type: - text
- still image
- computer
- online resource
- 1784915653
- 9781784915650
- 937 23
- DG78
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This book presents a little-known and ingenious artefact of the Roman world: a small puzzle padlock whose font plate bears a face or 'mask' of 'Celtic' style.
Specialized.
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 27 2017).
Available through Archaeopress Digital Subscription Service.
Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: Types and Locations; Chapter 2: Cultural Attributes by Vanessa Muros; Chapter 3: Origin and Uses; Chapter 4. Mask Puzzle Padlock Solutions and Mechanisms; Chapter 5: Conclusions; Appendix 1: Catalog of the 156 Mask Puzzle Padlocks; Appendix 2: Padlock Groupings Based on Lock Covers by Vanessa Muros; Appendix 3: Analysis of Roman Mask Padlocks in the Slocum Collection by Vanessa Muro; Appendix 4.: Replicas of Mask Padlocks & Money Pouches; Appendix 5: Fakes and Reproductions; Appendix 6: Care of Roman Mask Padlocks by Vanessa Muros; Bibliography; Index.
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