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Haakon Schetelig:. 



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attributed to an earlier date than is given here. But as far as I 

 can see do the statements expressed in the above system best 

 correspond to the features of the present material. Therefore I 

 do not think it too daring to make — by the help of typology and 

 within certain limits — chronological distinctions within each of my 

 periods and thus to fix the date of a brooch with a supposed error 

 of about + 25 years. 



