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Haakon Schetelig-. 



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of the knobs, a form which is very rare in English brooches. 

 In the other brooch may be especially noticed the two incisions in 

 the upper edge of the plate, a feature which is also known in 



Denmark 1 ) but is never seen in broo- 

 ches from Norway and Sweden. This 

 brooch is a good example of the 

 English form in a middle stage of 

 development and already so cha- 

 racteristic of England that it would 

 be impossible to confound it with 

 the forms from other countries. 



It may thus be prononnced that 

 the earlier stages of the development 

 of the cruciform brooches in Eng- 

 land are chiefly independent of, 

 though in some points allied to the 

 contemporary Danish brooches, while 

 nothing is founcl indicating influences 

 from Norway or even contact with 

 the forms common there. I have 

 noted one brooch only which may, 

 perhaps, be considered as a proof 

 of connexion with Norwegian forms 

 corresponding to the stage of de- 

 velopment here in question. The 

 brooch fig. 122, 2 ) remarkable also 

 as the only cruciform brooch found 

 in Kent, is by the shape of the 

 head closely allied to some Nor- 

 wegian specimens, f. inst. fig. 41 

 above, but råtner a stranger among 

 the contemporary English brooches 

 respecting as well the dimensions 

 of the plate as the proceeding of 

 casting the side-knobs in one piece 

 with the brooch. It is however certainly made in England, which 

 is proved both by the low and flat bow and by some details in 



Fio-. 123. 



x ) Copenhagen Museum, C. 6396, found in Jutland, to be compared especi- 

 ally with the one figured by Neville, pl. 7, no. 31. 



2 ) Lyminge. Kent ; Brit. Mus. From a photograph. 



