Catalogue of early Christian antiquities and objects from the Christian East in the Department of British and mediaeval antiquities and ethnography of the British museum; (1901)

British Museum. Dept. of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography, Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · London : Printed by order of the Trustees · leaf 67

An illustration from Catalogue of early Christian antiquities and objects from the Christian East in the Department of British and mediaeval antiquities and ethnography of the British museum;, 1901, leaf 67 — f ornamentdivided into two equal sections by threemedallions, the upper half composed ofquatrefoils, the lower of herring-bones.The lower medallion contains a rude humanface,the ornament oftheothertwo is effaced.The upper surface of the stem, which is asort of sheath, has a band of wavy orna-ment… … JEWELS, PERSONAL ORNAMENTS, ETC. 41 ends, and the upper end is turned up, having on the inner side a ninibedbust. See figure. Late j,t/i century. L. 3-5 in. 1856. Fibulae of this form have been found with coins from Valentinian I to Arcaciius, and are seenon monuments of that period, e.g. the ivory…

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