It is a well-knovvn faet that in Norwegian grave- finds espe- 

 cially in the Western and Northern coast districts of the country, 

 antiquities are to be met with, which by the vvorkmanship and 

 style of the ornaments betray their undoubted Celtic origin. They 

 generally consist of articles of highly-gilt bronze decorated in vvhat 

 is cailed the Irish style, peculiar to the Celtic area of the British 

 Isles and characterized by its trumpet and spiral patterns, inter- 

 laced-vvork and zoomorphic designs, the latter certainly allied 

 to, but not identical with those of the Scandinavian ornamentation. 

 Of such Celtic antiquities a considerable number is already to be 

 seen in the Norwegian museums, and from year to year the number 

 of specimens increases. Most of these objects are mountings, whole 

 or in fragments, some of which, by having a pin placed on the 

 back, have evidently at a later time been transformed into brooches 

 by their new Norwegian owners. A typical series is illustrated 

 in O. K y g h's "Norske Oldsager", figs. 616—637. They are 

 distinguished by great ornamental beauty, and some specimens are 

 equal to the best products of Celtic art in the early centuries of 

 Celtic Christianity. I may thus reler to the bronze bowl found 

 it Jaatten, Jæderen, reproduced from Ab.') 189), fig. 12, by 

 J. Romilly Allen in "The Early Christian Monuments of Scotland", 

 p. LXXVI, fig. 10, and the penannular brooch from Snaasen illu- 

 strated in J. Andersons "Scotland in Early Christian Times (2nd 

 ser.)" fig. 23 from R. 697, together with several of the mountings 



1) Abbreviations : 



Ab. ="- Aarsberetning fr.i Foreningen lil norsl<e Kortidsmindesmcrkers Be- 

 varing. 

 1?. O. Hygh, Norske Oldsager, (hra. 1885. 



