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date of the cruciform brooch is here of some importance as it points 

 also to the date of other cases of the same form such as figs. 82—83 

 above. The very peculiar form of the animal-head leads also to 

 the fixing of the date of another variety, fig. 84, which is somewhat 

 earlier than the others as far as can be concluded from the typology 

 of the animal-head, a conclusion supported also by a closer study of 

 the cases were this form is found associated with other antiquities. 

 In connexion with the considerations before us I will mention 

 a few brooclies of hybrid forms, but partially developed from the 

 large brooclies in relief and which ought th ere fore to be included 

 in a discussion on these chronological questions. Thus the specimen 



Fig. 181. Vi 



Fig. 183. Vi- 



fig. 181 ') is by the form of the head-plate so closely allied to some of 

 the large brooclies in relief that it affords an indication as to the date 

 of the grave where it was found. The typological origin of some other 

 parts of it may be put aside as of no interest to our researches; I will 

 only call attention to the special form of the edges of the head-plate, 

 a form which undoubtedly reminds of a similar feature in some of the 

 large brooclies from the earlier half of the 6th cent. For reasons already 

 mentioned I think this brooch must be from about the same time 

 as the said large brooclies, and this conclusion must be extended 

 to comprise also the cruciform brooch, shown as fig. 108, which 

 was found associated with it. This brooch is with respect to typo- 



V Lunde, Vanse pgd. Lister. B. 4234. See foot-note p. 87. 



