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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. The padlocks were designed to secure small bags or pouches and their distribution extended across Europe with the majority found in the Danubian region and in the vicinity of Aquileia.

The authors examine the cultural context, the origins and uses of the padlocks, and provide detailed solutions to the puzzle mechanisms. The publication provides a fully-illustrated catalog of the known 156 examples, categorises their types according to construction and style, and explores the technicalities of the subject by the process of constructing replica mask puzzle padlocks.

Table of Contents
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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      Publisher Archaeopress Archaeology
      Published 30 April 2017
      ISBN-13 9781784915643
      978-1784915643
      ISBN-10 1784915645
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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. The padlocks were designed to secure small bags or pouches and their distribution extended across Europe with the majority found in the Danubian region and in the vicinity of Aquileia.

      The authors examine the cultural context, the origins and uses of the padlocks, and provide detailed solutions to the puzzle mechanisms. The publication provides a fully-illustrated catalog of the known 156 examples, categorises their types according to construction and style, and explores the technicalities of the subject by the process of constructing replica mask puzzle padlocks.

      Table of Contents
      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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