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from which it is derived. An interesting fact may be noted en 
this connexion; this late and certainly hybrid form is the only one 
of the Western varieties which has in any greater number been 
found in the Eastern parts of Norway, and the speeimens found 
there are so like those found in the Western coast distriets that I 
think that they have been imported from here. But on the whole, 
the influence of this form upon the general development of the type 
is even less important than was the case respecting the preceding - 
series which at least in some instances produced a change in the 
form of the bow. The form here in question has only been å com- 
bination of one new element with forms already existing; any influence 
upon the ordinary varieties 
of the type is then naturally 
excluded. 
As the model from which 
this form of the bow is bor- 
rowed I regard the type re- 
presented: by he EN 
type whose origin has not 
yet been made out with full 
certainty, but which is at 
least contemporary with the 
later cruciform brooches. It 
has commonly been regarded 
as å development of the eruci- 
form brooches, which has, 
however, never been proved 
0 in å satisfactory manner.*) 
But as the said type has not 
been without some influence upon some of the later cruciform broo- 
ches of Scandinavia, I think it is of interest to survey briefly its 
general development. 
1) From MEkstorF: Alterthiimer, pl. XLIX, fig. 592. See also figs. 161 and 
167 below. 
*) I eite the recent observation of dr. SaLIN: Die Anordnung der Knöpfe 
ist höchst wahrscheinlich unter dem Einfluss der oben behandelten Armbrust- 
fibeln (i. e. the common ceruciform brooches) entstanden, vielleicht dachte man 
dabei an eine Form wie etwa Fig. 159, doch in einem ålteren Stadium der Ent- 
wicklung, denn bei keinen anderen als den Armbrustfibeln sitzen die Knöpfe so 
dicht zusammen, dass sie das Vorbild zu der bezweckten Anordnung båtten bilden 
können. — Thierornamentik p. 73. | 
