1906] 



The cruciform brooches of Norway. 



61 



The peculicar transformation of the side-knobs, seen in fig - . 76, 

 is a nearly unique appearance. 



From this brooch and several others which must be attributed 

 to the latest part of the development, it seems that the variety here in 

 question lasted longer in Western Norway than in any other district. 

 The late speehnens of them are, however. small and in no respect 

 especially remarkable; they were certainly at this time an obsolete 

 and degenerating form. 



b. The variety irith the animal-heåd separated from the bow 

 bij a facetted stem is in Western Norway far from being the most 

 numerous sort of the 

 cruciform brooches and 

 consequently in no way 

 so important as in the 

 Eastern parts of the 

 Peninsula, though they 

 are certainly better re- 

 presentert than the lirst 

 series. 



In the brooch flg. 

 77, x ) which has the 

 side-knobs iixed upon 

 the axis of the spring- 

 coil and where the catch- 

 plate of the pin is of the 

 same length as the foot, 

 we see already the pro- 

 portions not a little 



different from the ori- (^i'iOI )] 



ginal form of the type, 

 and we especially note Fig. 75. Vi- 



tne inclination to abroa- 



der shape and an extreme sharpness of the facets, which is cha- 

 racteristic of so many of the later brooches in Western Norway. 

 Owing to the corrosion of the bronze the details are not quite 

 distinct, especially respecting the animal-head of the foot. It is 

 certain, though, that punched or incised ornaments are totally wanting. 



r ) Horr, Haa pgd. Jæderen. B. 4834. Ab. 1881, p. 144. 



