. Bergens Museums aarbog. Science. 1906] The cruciform brooches of Norway. 75 of the foot in such brooches as Hg. 92; one of the oldest specimens of this sort is seen in fig. ) This alteration is in itself remark- able as it is the first transformation of the head of the cruciform brooch, the part from which the type has got its name and which has been nearly unaltered through so many transformations of the bow and the foot. It is noteworthy that the plate and the knobs are not much transformed even in so late a stage of development as fig. 92. But the plate also became altered in conseque
. Bergens Museums aarbog. Science. 1906] The cruciform brooches of Norway. 75 of the foot in such brooches as Hg. 92; one of the oldest specimens of this sort is seen in fig. ) This alteration is in itself remark- able as it is the first transformation of the head of the cruciform brooch, the part from which the type has got its name and which has been nearly unaltered through so many transformations of the bow and the foot. It is noteworthy that the plate and the knobs are not much transformed even in so late a stage of development as fig. 92. But the plate also became altered in consequence of the transformation of the knobs. These being now three animal-heads re- quired a more organic connexion with the brooch than did the moulded knobs, and consequently we generally find in such brooches that the corners of the plate have been cut off and the three animal-heads connected with each other through an elevated ribbon run- ning along the edge of the plate (fig. 95).2) In fig. 963) is represented an intermediate form where only the top-knob is formed like an animal- head while the plate is of the same sort as fig. 95. Thus we miss here the most constant and characteristic part of the cruciform brooches, the rectangular plate provided with three knobs, round or polyedrous, which is generally regarded as the evident mark of the cruciform brooches, but con-. Fig. 90. J) Braasten, Høiland pgd Jæderen. B. 2476. Lorange r N. Olds. i B. M. p. 65. 2) Tn, Klep pgd. Jæderen. B. 2514. Lorange: N. Olds. i B. M. p. 58. 3) Tysnes, Hammerø pgd. Nordland. Tromsø Museum 1286. Ab. 1900, p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bergens Museum. Bergen : [The Museum]
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