1906] 



The cruciform brooclies of Norway. 



sources. Moreover, we are able to make out that the eommon Roman 

 form (flg. 1), imitated in the Northern countries, produced forms 

 which are not identical witli our cruciform brooches. 



It is very natural that such imitations should take place, as 

 some brooches evidently of Roman workmanship have been found 



Fig. 2. 2 /c 



Fig. 3. 2/ 3 . 



Fig. 4. 1/1. 



Fig. 5. Vi- 



in Scandinavia. A specimen of this sort, found in Denmark, is 

 given as fig. 2 1 ), and some Scandinavian imitations of the Roman 



') From Muller 1. c. fig. 256. 



