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===Strap End Typology===
The following section is abbreviated from Gabor Thomas’s [[:Category:Finds Research Group|Finds Research Group]] datasheets [THOMAS 2003] [THOMAS 2004].
Strap-ends are not usually depicted in period art.
* BL Harley 2886 1000-1100AD France
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file:London, British Library, MS Harley 2886 fol.27v.jpg|Harley 2886
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==From Archaeology==
===Class A===
====Type A1 ''Trewhiddle''====
<galleryheights=170px mode="Packed-hover" style="text-align: left;">file:Strap-end Type A1.jpg|Type A1<br>''Trewhiddle''BM Cuerdale Strap-end.JPG|BM<br>''Cuerdale Hoard''Lincoln_Strap-end_1.jpg|LincolnIpswich-Strap-end Filixstowe 3.JPG|Ipswich<br>''Filixstowe''BM Trewhiddle Strap-end.JPG|BM<br>''Trewhiddle Hoard''BM Strap-end 1990,0706.5.JPG|BM<br>Shrewsbury Strap End - SHYMS.A.2000.044.JPG|ShrewsburyShrewsbury Strap End - SHYMS.2014.00002.JPG|Shrewsbury
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---- ====Type A1 A2 ''Patterned''====<galleryheights=170px mode="Packed-hover" style="text-align: left;">file:Strap-end Type A2.jpg|Type A2<br>''Patterned''Kings_Lynn_Strap-end_-_Bawsey_1985.119.10_62.JPG|Kings LynnIpswich-Strap-end Felixstowe 2.JPG|Ipswich<br>''Filixstowe''Ipswich-Strap-end_Pin_Mill.JPG|Ipswich<br>''Pin Mill'' BM-Web Strap-end 1926,1116.1.jpg|BM Web<br>
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====Type A3 ''Anthropomorphic''====
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====Type A4 ''Enamel''====
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Shrewsbury Strap End - SHYMS.A.2000.043.JPG|Shrewsbury
Ipswich-Strap-end Felixstowe 1.JPG|Ipswich<br>''Filixstowe''
Kings Lynn Strap-end - (NCM) 57.JPG|Kings Lynn
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====Type A5 ''Silver wire''====
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Ipswich-Strap-end Nacton.JPG|Ipswich<br>''Nacton''
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====Type A ''Possible Associated Buckles''====
''after Thomas 2010 [THOMAS 2010:p.279-80]''
* 2 buckles from York, Fishergate. No.5311 & 5312. [ROGERS 1993:p.1349]
* 1 buckle from Cottam, N. Humber
* 1 buckle from Wincheser
* 1 buckle from St Paul-in-the-Bail, Lincoln
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Lincoln Buckle & Strap-end - Paul-in-the-Bail.jpg|Lincoln<br>''Paul-in-the-Bail''
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===Class B===
====Type B2 ''Trewhiddle''====
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Kings_Lynn_Strap-end_-_(NCM)_58.JPG|Kings Lynn
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====Type B4 ''Multi-head''====
<galleryheights=170px mode="Packed-hover" style="text-align: left;">file:YM Strap End - 2.jpg|YorkYM Strap End - 3.jpg|YorkLincoln Strap-end - Steep Hill.jpg|Lincoln<br>''Steep Hill''
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====Type B5 ''Interlace''====
<galleryheights=170px mode="Packed-hover" style="text-align: left;">file:Strap-end Type B5.jpg|Type B5<br>''Interlace''
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====Type B6 ''Side On''====
<galleryheights=170px mode="Packed-hover" style="text-align: left;">file:Strap-end Type B6.jpg|Type B6<br>''Side On''
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===Class C===
<galleryheights=170px mode="Packed-hover" style="text-align: left;">Kings_Lynn_Strap-end_-_Bawswy_(NCM)_S39.JPG|Kings Lynn<br>''Bawsey''
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===Class D===
<galleryheights=170px mode="Packed-hover" style="text-align: left;">File:Kings_Lynn_Strap-end_-_(NCM)_61.JPG|Kings Lynn
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===Class E===
----====Type E1 ''Winchester''AD 900-1075====<gallery heights=170px mode="Packed-hover" style="text-align: left;">
file:Strap-end Type E1.jpg|Type E1
Norwich-Strap End 102.JPG|Norwich
Norwich-Strap End 104.JPG|Norwich
Norwich-Strap End 105.JPG|Norwich
BM Strap-end 1989,0302.2.JPG|BM
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====Type E2 ''Anthropormorphic''====
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file:Strap-end Type E2.jpg|Type E2
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====Type E3 ''Ribbed''====
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====Type E4 ''Borre''====
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file:Strap-end Type E4.jpg|Type E4
Norwich-Borre_Strap_End,_Blo_Norton-1.JPG|Norwich
Norwich-Borre_Strap_End,_Blo_Norton-2.JPG|Norwich
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====Type E5 ''Scandinavian Influenced''====
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file:Strap-end Type E5.jpg|Type E5<br>
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====Type E6 ''Carolingian''====
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Manx Balladoole Strap-end Belt.JPG|Balladoole Belt
Manx Balladoole Strap-end Spurs.JPG|Balladoole Spurs
BM-Web Strap-end 1991,1002.1.jpg|BM-Web British Museum
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====Type E7 ''Unclassified''====
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Norwich-Strap End 51b.JPG|Norwich<br>Type E7 <br>
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===Class F===
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Manx Cronk Moar Baldric Strap End.jpg|Manx, Cronk Moar, Baldric
BM-Web Ruskington Strap-end 1994,1011.1.jpg|BM-Web, Ruskington
Ipswich-Strap-end Polstead.JPG|Ipswich<br>Polstead
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===Class G===
<galleryheights=170px mode="Packed-hover" style="text-align: left;">file:Strap-end Type G.jpg|Type G ''Urnes''
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===Class H===
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file:Strap-end Type H.jpg|Type H ''Unclassified''
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===Class I===
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file:Strap-end Type I.jpg|Type I ''Back-plate''
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===Class J===
====Type J1 ''Wedge-shaped''====<galleryheights=170px mode="Packed-hover" style="text-align: left;">
file:Strap-end Type J1.jpg|Type J1 ''Wedge-shaped''
File:Kings_Lynn_Strap-end_-_(NCM)_59.JPG|Kings Lynn
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====Type J2 ''Rectangular''====
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file:Strap-end Type J2.jpg|Type J2 ''Rectangular''
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===Class K===
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===Class L Unclassified===
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YM Strap End - 1.jpg|York
Kings Lynn Strap-end - Bawsey (NCM) V47.JPG|Kings Lynn<br>''Bawsey''
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==References==