FIBULAE. 



79 



No. of 

 Case. 



No. of 

 Object. 



Locality, &c. 



How procured. 



Br. 130. 



Br. 131. 



end the metal is formed into a little ring, 

 looking as if it might have had a lace or 

 string through it for safety. From that to 

 the actual joint of the pin, the metal opens 

 out into a semicircle an inch across. 

 Then comes the bar itself, widening a 

 little to the middle each way, and at the 

 middle formed into a slightly moulded 

 projection, with a smaller one at the catch- 

 end. This fibula is quite perfect, includ- 

 ing the hinge of the pin. 



Dorchester.. 



A rather small, but boldly designed 

 fibula. Its hinge end is cross-shaped, the 

 limbs round and slightly moulded at the 

 extremities. The bar then swells into a 

 semi-circular curve with an almost circular 

 flange ornament formed on it near the 

 lower end. Then, in line with the upper 

 cruciform part, comes the tubular catch. 

 The pin, perfect and quite sharp, seems to 

 be welded into the fibula. 



Dorchester. 



A very simple fibula, but of good shape. 

 At the hinge end it has a cross bar from 

 which the main bar rises in a bold long 

 curve, and about the middle of this the bar 

 thins and widens into a plate with its inner 

 edge strongly curved and its lower edge 

 turned upwards to form the catch. The 

 pin, perfect and sharp, seems to have been 

 hinged to the head of the fibula, but the 

 construction there is a little out of order 



With the Hogg 



Loan 

 Collection. 



Do. 



