1906] 



The cruciform brooches of Norway. 



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marked by especially thick and heavy forms and by a preference 

 for sharp facets of the bow, were imported to Scandinavia during 

 the late 4th cent. and here they produced some barbarian imitations, 

 but they also influenced in a high degree the early cruciform 

 brooches, chiefly concerning the shape of the bow. This part of 

 the Teutonic brooches being, originally flat as a ribbon now, commonly 



gets a form more or less strongly recalling the Roman facetting, 

 though we flnd very few cruciform brooches the facets of which 

 are made exactly in the Roman fashion. The Roman brooches in 

 question being contemporary with the very first development of 

 the cruciform type, we shall expect to find this influence working 

 already upon the prototype of the cruciform brooches. That so 



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