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Haakon Schetelig;. 



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called the Anglo-Danish series of brooches I have given the brooch 

 fig. 123 1 ) which is in every respect a characteristic specimen of 

 the middle forms in England. Note especially that the wings of 



the plate become broader 

 towards both sides and 

 note also the flat and ex- 

 tended shape of the animal - 

 head. The apparently in- 

 significant split at the 

 upper end of the animal- 

 head is a most charac- 

 teristic detail which I have 

 seen in no specimen out 

 of England. 



In all the English 

 brooches hitherto men- 

 tioned the building of the 

 foot is chiefly the same, a 

 facetted stem of a rather 

 short and broad shape 

 connecting the neck of 

 the animal-head with the 

 bow. In the later varieties, 

 on the contrary, another 

 combination is seen nearly 

 without exception ; the 

 facetted stem being here 

 replaced by a flat plate 

 which is often provided 

 with lower wings pro- 

 jecting on both sides and 

 tims assuming a form most 

 closely resembling the 

 most common variety in 

 the late brooches in West- 

 ern Norway. It seems 

 almost certain that this change of form was produced by Norwegian 

 influences as its first appearance and early development are re- 



a ) Haslingnelds, Cambs Brit. Mus. From a sketch by the author. 



