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from which it is derived. An interesting fact may be noted in 

 this connexion; this late and certainly hybrid form is the only one 

 of the Western varieties which has in any greater number been 

 found in the Eastern parts of Norway, and the specimens found 

 there are so like those found in the Western coast districts that I 

 think that they have been imported from here. But on the whole, 

 the influence of this form upon the general development of the type 

 is even less important than was the case respecting the preceding 

 series which at least in some instances produced a change in the 

 form of the bow. The form here in question has only been a com- 

 bination of one new element with forms already existing; any influence 



upon the ordinary varieties 

 of the type is then naturally 

 excluded. 



As the model from which 

 this form of the bow is bor- 

 rowed I regard the type re- 

 presented by fig. 1 12, 1 ) a 

 type whose origin has not 

 yet been made out with full 

 certainty, but which is at 

 least contemporary with the 

 later cruciform brooches. It 

 has commonly been regarded 

 as a development of the cruci- 

 form brooches, wliich has, 

 however, never been proved 

 in a satisfactory manner. 2 ) 

 But as the said type has not 

 been without some influence upon some of the later cruciform broo- 

 ches of Scandinavia, I think it is of interest to survey briefly its 

 general development. 



Fig. 107. Vi- 



*) From Mestorf : Alterthiimer, pl. XLIX, flg. 592. See also figs. 161 and 

 167 below. 



-) I cite the recent ohservation of dr. Salin: Die Anordnung der Knopte 

 ist hochst wahrscheinlich unter dem Emfluss der oben behandelten Armbrust- 

 fibeln (i. e. the common cruciform brooches) entstanden, vielleicht dachte man 

 dabei an eine Form wie etwa Fig. 159, doch in einem ålteien Stadium der Entr 

 wicklung, denn bei keinen ånderen als den Armbrustfibeln sitzen die Knopfe so 

 dicht zusammen, dass sie das Vorbild zu der bezweckten Anordnung håtten bilden 

 konnen. — Thierornamentik p. 73, 



