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18 | Haakon Schetelig. [No. 8 
knobs building together the head of the brooches; we have seen 
that this form is derived from Teutonic brooches and that it shows 
little influence from Roman forms. Itis certain that we must search 
for the most primitive eruciform brooches in the country around the 
mouth of the Elbe, as it has already been pronounced by dr. 
Unpset. The first erueiform brooches are numerous just in graves 
in Hannover, Holstein, and Sleswick, and in the find from the moss 
of Nydam, but all their ditferent stages of development are also 
represented by specimens from Norwegian graves of the same age, 
and one brooch of this sort has been found in England. It ought 
Fig. 18. %/y. Fig. 19. 1. 
to be remarked, however, that the Norwegian specimens generally 
have lost some of the more original characters — for instance the 
returned foot which is preserved only in å few cases, as in the 
brooeh fig. 19 — å ceireumstance indicating that the type was at 
first introduced into Norway from Hannover and Holstein. 
I think it likely that this introduction has passed Jutland, 
though none of the oldest specimens have been found in that 
country, as they have in the distriets both South and North of it. 
