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respecting the principal differences between the Norwegian and the 

 Danish varieties; the head of the brooch in question has undergone 



very few changes, 

 but its later date 

 is indicated by 

 other features, e. 

 g. by the unusu- 

 ally high catch- 

 plate of the pin 

 which is eonsider- 

 ably shorter than 

 the foot, exact- 

 ly recalling the 

 catch-plate of the 

 brooch fig. 155. 

 From these 

 finds it must be 

 concluded that 

 cruciform broo- 

 ches of the early 

 and middle stages 

 of development 

 were used during 

 the time of the 

 silver- platedbroo- 

 ches, vis. the end 

 D. 



Fig-. 155. 1 / 



of the 4th and the first half of the 5th cent. A, 



3. Cruciform brooehes eontemporary with early brooehes 



in relief. 



In the first place 1 record here two small and apparently in- 

 significant fragments, figs. 157 and 158, ^ from a grave on Jæderen. 

 The cruciform brooch belongs to the middle stage, the knobs having 

 preserved the full roundness though east in one piece with the 

 brooch. The spiral-patterns of the other brooch indicate that this 

 brooch was probably made during the latter part of the 5th cent. 



!) Anda, Klep pgd. Jæderen. B. 2973—2974. Lorange: "ST. Olds. i B. 

 M. p. 63. 



