The Evolution and Distribution of Some Anglo-Saxon Brooches

Of recent years much attention has been given, especially in Scandinavia, to the large number of brooches which have come down to us from the Bronze and Early Iron Ages ; and I propose to draw on some of this material, but shall not attempt more than a summary of the information now available with regard to the leading types of the pagan Anglo-Saxon period.In a single paper more would be impossible ; and though my treatment of the subject may appear elementary and commonplace, it will, I hope, be a convenience to have the characteristics of the principal types brought together and illustrated, if only to introduce a little system into their description and to range them in chronological sequence.In recognition of the ability and enterprise displayed by my friend Mr. Schetelig, of the Bergen Museum, in a recent treatise in English on the cruciform brooch, 2 1 shall begin with that type, which is as common as any in England ; but I shall, throughout, be also deeply indebted to several distinguished archaeologists 3 who have worthily maintained the Scandinavian tradition and have brought the study of brooches to a fine art.I can do no more on the present occasion than apply their results to England, and furnish a few statistics as to the distribution of the types concerned in those parts of England colonised by the pagan English

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