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 68
ight angles, others, likeour own example, would appear to have had a spring hinge, as the sheaths below the stemhave in each case a lateral slit which would be unnecessary if two pins were employed. 257. Bronze fibula, of the cross-bow type, once gilt, the head and cross-pieceterminating in… … composed of herring-bones alternating in silver and copper. The pin workson a spring, and lies in a groove formed by a continuation of the stem, doubledunder and joined by a wire to the narrow neck of the bow.See figure. Late ^th century. L. 3-82 in. Given by C. J. Pocock, Esq., 1849. From the…
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