. Bergens Museums aarbog. Science. 1906] The cruciform brooches of Norway. 91 In my opinion this type is not derived from the cruciform brooches properly said; I think that it has sprang from the same prototype as the series figs. 11—13 above, as the form of its head is most closely allied to that form (see fig. 113)2) and as the tri- angular foot-plate, in its most original stage of development, is met with already in the half-Roman brooches from which the said series is derived (see Mestorp : Alterthiimer, pl. XLIX, fig. 581). The origin of this foot-plate is also best explained, if we suppo
. Bergens Museums aarbog. Science. 1906] The cruciform brooches of Norway. 91 In my opinion this type is not derived from the cruciform brooches properly said; I think that it has sprang from the same prototype as the series figs. 11—13 above, as the form of its head is most closely allied to that form (see fig. 113)2) and as the tri- angular foot-plate, in its most original stage of development, is met with already in the half-Roman brooches from which the said series is derived (see Mestorp : Alterthiimer, pl. XLIX, fig. 581). The origin of this foot-plate is also best explained, if we suppose that it is a Teutonic transformation of the rather broad foot seen in Roman brooches of the sort given in figs. 1 and 2. It is an important fact that the peculiar, crosslike head-plate in these brooches always appear in combination with the flat, tri- angular foot; but also the bow has here another cha- racter than the bow of our cruciform type (fig. 113 and figs. 161 and 167). It is thus clear that the broo- ches in question appear as a dis tinet type with hardly any details in common with the cruciform type. But their history is in most respects parallel to that of the cruciform brooches; from Sleswick-Holstein they were brought to England where they are found in gr eat numbers, and to Scan- dinavia. In Sleswick-Holstein2) this type is found only in the cemetery of Borgstedt which is regarded as the latest of the cemeteries of the Migration-Period in that country, though there has also been found brooches with returned foot besides the cruci- form brooches of an already developed form corresponding to the independent development in Denmark and in the Scandinavian Peninsula. Many specimens of both stages were found in the. 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 Mu
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