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The arts in early England (1903)

Brown, G. Baldwin (Gerard Baldwin), 1849-1932, Webster, A. Blyth (Adam Blyth), 1882-1956, Sexton, Eric H. L. (Eric Hyde Lord), 1902-1980 · London, J. Murray · leaf 385

An illustration from The arts in early England, 1903, leaf 385
came the fashion to turn this loose end of thefoot beyond the catch not forward but towards the back and tobring it up underneath the bow to which it was then as in theformer arrangement attached. This constitutes the type offibula with returned foot or as the German writers say f mitumgeschlagenem… … /, 2, J, 7, are Continental THE CRUCIFORM FIBULA 259 visible in the form of an ornamental collar round the bottomof the bow where it runs off into the foot, reminiscent of thecoil which attaches the returned end of the foot to thebow. This is seen for instance in the fibulae from Sackrau,PI.…

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