The arts and crafts of our Teutonic forefathers . 5^ 52 49. LA TENE FIBULA AT INNSBRUCK. 51. SHEET-SILVER FIBUL-*: FROM KERCH,AT BERLIN. 50. ROMAN CROSS-BOW FIBULA AT TRI-ESTE. 52. GROUP OF ROMAN FIBUL/I-; AT MAINZ. SAFETY-PIN FIBULJE one that was found at Valence dAgen in the Visi-gothic district of Toulouse, and a counterpart to thisis in the Archaeological Museum at Madrid, and wasdiscovered in the once Visigothic district betweenSaragossa and Madrid. The fibula of the third or safety-pin type hasbeen made the subject of more archaeological studiesthan any similar object, and it is not a li
The arts and crafts of our Teutonic forefathers . 5^ 52 49. LA TENE FIBULA AT INNSBRUCK. 51. SHEET-SILVER FIBUL-*: FROM KERCH,AT BERLIN. 50. ROMAN CROSS-BOW FIBULA AT TRI-ESTE. 52. GROUP OF ROMAN FIBUL/I-; AT MAINZ. SAFETY-PIN FIBULJE one that was found at Valence dAgen in the Visi-gothic district of Toulouse, and a counterpart to thisis in the Archaeological Museum at Madrid, and wasdiscovered in the once Visigothic district betweenSaragossa and Madrid. The fibula of the third or safety-pin type hasbeen made the subject of more archaeological studiesthan any similar object, and it is not a little remark-able that after an existence, if not a continuoushistory, of some three thousand years, it has beenrevived in quite modern times in the very form inwhich it made its first appearance in the antiqueMediterranean world. If we look over a heap ofthe common safety-pins of modern commerce weshall soon find one that consists of nothing but asingle length of wire that can be straightened outtill it is again what it was at first, a long pin
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