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is really the case, we see from å specimen like fig. 22*) with an 
edged bow, the section of which is triangular and whose facets are 
marked by ornamental lines along the edge. Å typical example of 
this form of the bow in the early cruciform brooches is given as 
fig. 23;3) it must only be remarked that the part along the middle 
of the bow often is flat, sometimes even a little concave, probably 
to give å sharper appearance to the facets, as seen in fig. 24.3) 
Fig. 24. 1. Fig. 25. 
From the earliest stage the foot of the erueiform brooches is 
subject to many variations, though without any influence from Roman 
forms. Commonly it is long and narrow as in the prototype, but 
1) Kvasseim, Egersund pgd. Jæderen. B. 5282. 
*) Stangeland, Klep pgd. Jæderen. Stavanger Museum, no. 1057. Ab. 1880, 
Pi 277. 
3) Dalven, Brunlanes pgåd. Jarlsberg, Skien Mus. 1053. Drawn from aå 
photograph kindly sent me by Mr. CHRISTIE, director of the Skien Museum. 
