1906] The eruciform brooches of Norway. 45 
of åa similar transformation are sometimes seen also in Norway, for 
instance in the brooch fig. 31 above which is, as well in this respect 
as in others, a rarity here, much 
resembling, however, some of the 
early specimens from Sleswick- 
Holstein (MksTtorr: Alterthiimer 
fig. 593, fig. 30 above). Åsa 
rule the Norwegian and Swe- 
dish specimens have preserved 
the foot long and relatively 
narrow, and the animal-head is 
 shorter than seen in the early 
forms of the Southern district. 
The fine brooches of this series, 
as they are represented here 
by the figs. 53 and 54,1) are 
perhaps the most harmonious 
form of the cruciform brooches 
and certainly the form most 
ceharacteristic of the KFastern 
parts of Norway. The speci- 
mens belonging to this stage of 
development are exceptionally 
uniform. 
The late development of 
the series treated here I have 
illustrated in the following four 
figures,*) three of them repre- 
senting exceptionally large and 
fine brooches and consequently 
to be regarded as an exact ex- 
pression of the taste of the 
time. Respecting the foot it must be observed that it is made 
gradually broader, at the same time as the animal-head becomes 
1) Fig. 53: Vøien, Gran pgd. Hadeland. (C.2460. RyeH fig. 247. — Fig. 
54: Eine, Vang pgd. Hedemarken. OC. 15687. LoranGE's collection. 
?) Fig. 55: Ertseid, Søndre Undal pgd. Mandal. OC. 9188. Ab. 1879, p. 
170, pl. V, fig. 23. — Fig. 56: Langlo, Stokke pgd. Jarlsberg. OC. 59592. Ab. 
1872, p. 108 ss. — Fig. 57: Foldvik, Brunlanes pgd. Larvik. C. 10322. Ab. 
1880, p. 217. — Fig. 58: Bringsdal, Holme pgd. Mandal. OC. 8961. Ab. 1878, 
p. 182—183, pl. II, fig. 10. 
