. 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 thåt it has sprang from the same prototype as the series figs. 11—13 , as the form of its head is most closely allied to that form (see fig. 113)1) 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 Mestorf : Alterthiimer, pl. XLIX, fig. 581). The origin of this foot-plate is also best explained, if we supp
. 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 thåt it has sprang from the same prototype as the series figs. 11—13 , as the form of its head is most closely allied to that form (see fig. 113)1) 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 Mestorf : 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 distinct 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 great numbers, and to Scan- dinavia. In Sleswick-Holstein2) this type is found only cemetery of Borgstedt which is regarded as the latest 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. Fio-. 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 Muse
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