The encyclopdia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . nd 9th centuries. The Hunterstonbrooch, which was found at Hawking Craig in A3rrshire, is awell-known example of this style. Silver brooches of immensesize, some having pins 15 in. in length, and the penannular ringof the brooch terminating in large knobs resembhng thistle heads,are occasionally found in Viking hoards of this period, consistingof bullion, brooches and Cufic and Anglo-Saxon coins buried on Scottish soU. Inmedieval times theform of the broochwas usually a simple,flat circular disk, w
The encyclopdia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . nd 9th centuries. The Hunterstonbrooch, which was found at Hawking Craig in A3rrshire, is awell-known example of this style. Silver brooches of immensesize, some having pins 15 in. in length, and the penannular ringof the brooch terminating in large knobs resembhng thistle heads,are occasionally found in Viking hoards of this period, consistingof bullion, brooches and Cufic and Anglo-Saxon coins buried on Scottish soU. Inmedieval times theform of the broochwas usually a simple,flat circular disk, withopen centre, the pinbeing equal in lengthto the diameter of thebrooch. They wereoften inscribed withreligious and taMs-manic formulae. TheHighland brooches were commonly of this form, but the diskwas broader, and the central opening smaller in proportion tothe size of the brooch. They were ornamented in the style socommon on Highland powder-horns, with engraved patternsof interlacing work and foUage, arranged in geometrical spaces,and sometimes mingled with figures of animals. (A. H. Sm.). Fig. 13.—Fibula of the Prankish period. BROOKE, FRANCES (1724-1789), EngUsh novelist anddramatist, whose maiden name was Moore, was born in her novels, some of which enjoyed considerable popularityin their day, the most important were The History of Lady JuliaMandeville (1763), Emily Montague (1769) and The Excursion(1777). Her dramatic pieces and translations from the Frenchare now forgotten. She died in January 1789. BROOKE, FULKE GREVILLE, ist Baeon (1554-1628),English poet, only son of Sir Fulke Greville, was born at Beau-champ Court, Warwickshire. He was sent in 1564, on the sameday as his hfe-long friend, Philip Sidney, to Shrewsbury matriculated at Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1568. SirHenry Sidney, president of Wales, gave him in 1576 a postconnected with the court of the Marches, but he resigned it in1577 to go to court with Philip Sidney. Young Greville became
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