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Historical Archive: Belt Links, Buckles, Plaques, and Strap Ends buckle, Koban, c.1000-500 BCE, MSHM belt plaque, cast bronze, late 1st millennium BCE, SF 1952.48. For profile view see SF. Roman harness distributor, 2nd-3rd c., copper alloy, Morgan 2012.2:7 military officer's belt plaque, from late 3rd c. burial in Buda, HNM buckle from Wolfsheim, 5th c., LMM 1979/135 buckle from Regöly grave, "Hunnic" (5th c.?), Szekszárd. For accompanying objects see Szekszárd. Vermand treasure, silver c.400, Met 17.192.143-46, which has its own page. buckle, c.400-450 "Hunnic," gold/silver/garnet, Morgan 2012.2:24 buckle, gold/garnet, c.400-450, Morgan 2012.2:32 buckle, silver gilt/garnet, c.450-early 6th c., KHM VIIa 188 buckle fr. Åker, bronze/silver/gilding/niello/copper/garnet, c.450-600, OHM C4901, which has its own page eagle head strap end, copper alloy/gilt/glass, c.450-700 Gothic or Byzantine, Morgan 2012.2:58 shoe buckle from M7 motorway (Hungary) grave 150: silver, late 5th c., Kaposvár. For accompanying objects see this cemetery's page. shoe buckles from M7 motorway (Hungary) grave 150: silver, late 5th c., Kaposvár. shoe buckle from M7 motorway (Hungary) grave 150: silver, late 5th c., Kaposvár. buckle, copper alloy/gilt/garnet/glass, late 5th-early 6th c., Spain? Morgan 2012.2:57 buckle, bronze and silver, 6th c., MAHSD buckle, bronze and silver, 6th c., MAHSD buckle with quadruped, bronze, 6th c., MAHSD buckle, bone, 6th c., Reims MSR buckle, belt of St. Caesarius, ivory, early 6th c., Arles. This work has its own page. buckle, bronze/glass/mother of pearl, Ostrogothic c.500-50, KHM VI 5349 buckle from Visigothic Spain, bronze with garnets, green glass, and mother-of-pearl, c.535-60, CMA 2001.119 two people flanking Tree of Life, bronze buckle fr. Marchélepot, c. 550-600, SMB MVFg Daniel and Habakkuk buckle, bronze, region of Mâcon, late 6th c., MAN. For color see MAN. rock crystal buckles probably from Merovingian contexts, RGM D663 and D62 strap end from Zamárdi grave 517, obverse, sliver, 7th c., Kaposvár. For accompanying objects see this grave's page. strap end from Zamárdi grave 517, reverse with incised interlace, sliver, 7th c., Kaposvár. gold buckle, 7th c. Byzantine, Morgan 2012.2:41 silver buckle, 7th c. Byzantine, Morgan 2012.2:42 Sutton Hoo Great Gold Buckle, early 7th c., BM 1939,1010.1, which has its own page gold buckle, c.600-650 Byzantine, Morgan 2012.2:50a or b birds: girdle or satchel fitting, copper alloy, c.600-670, Morgan 2012.2:112. For detail see Morgan. Burgundian buckle, iron/silver/brass, c.650-700, Morgan 2012.2:56 gryphon belt mount, copper alloy tinned, late 7th-early 9th c. Avar, Morgan 2012.2:84 strap end, 8th c. (late Avar), Szekszárd belt buckle, 8th c. (late Avar), Szekszárd buckle, copper alloy, 8th c. Hispano-Visigothic or early Umayyad, Morgan 2012.2:67 Khazar belt mount, silver/gilt, 8th-9th c., Morgan 2012.2:89 interlace strap end, copper alloy, 9th c., MoL 81.571 hare strap end, copper alloy, 10th c., MoL 3991 bronze buckle, 11th-13th c. north France, SMB buckle with fighting knights from Kígyóspuszta, Hungary, gold and niello, 13th c., HNM deer: gold belt link, Russia c.1250-1350, MSHM second deer: gold belt link, Russia c.1250-1350, MSHM fauns: smaller gold belt links, Russia c.1250-1350, MSHM belt hasp, copper alloy, 15th c., MAHSD belt prob. for Dominican monk/nun, wool and ivory, late 15th-c. north France or Flanders, Cluny Cl.11982 St. Catherine of Siena: belt prob. for Dominican monk/nun, wool and ivory, late 15th-c. north France or Flanders, Cluny Cl.11982 Holy Face: belt prob. for Dominican monk/nun, wool and ivory, late 15th-c. north France or Flanders, Cluny Cl.11982