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{{Stars2|Category = Fastenings|Typology = Oval Brooches|TypologyFile = Brooches - Oval.png}} {{Brooches}}
==Oval brooches [V/F]==
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{{evidence
|Art
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*"Each woman wears on either breast a box of iron, silver, copper or gold; the value of the box indicates the wealth of the husband. Each box has a ring from which depends a knife". Ibn Fadlan's Account of the Rus.
|Archaeology =
An estimated 4000 are known from all over the Viking world [OWEN & DALLAND 1999: p.68].<br>
|Discussion =
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===Berdal P11-P24===
These are a transitional style between the Vendel and Viking styles.<br>
780AD - 850AD [RUNDKVIST 2010:p.165] <br>
[PETERSEN 1928:p.12-22]<br>
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===P25/26 ===
Petersen considered the P25 brooch to be the earliest type of Viking period oval brooch. [PETERSEN 1928:p.24]
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File:R650.jpg|Norway
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===P27/28 ===
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File:R648.jpg|Norway
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===P37 - Gripping Beast Style [V/F]===
Date: C9th<br>
Includes Petersen types P35, P36, P38, P39 <br>
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Images: V2C 101a, 101b, 101c, 101d<br>
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Hedeby_Brooch_Oval.JPG|Hedeby
File:R647.jpg|Norway
File:R649.jpg|Norway
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===P42/43/44 ===
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File:R657.jpg|Norway
Norwich-Oval_Brooches,_Santon_Downham_(Replica).JPG|England, Santon Downham
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===P45 ===
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File:R653.jpg|Norway
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===P48/49 ===
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File:R651.jpg|Norway
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===P51 - Late Oseberg Style - Double Shelled [V/F]===
Date: Early C10th<br>{{evidence|'''Archaeology ='''<br>
*All Viking Area’s: 1000 copies
*Norway: 469 copies from 310 finds
Most common form of brooch.
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Images: VAC 118<br>
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File:R652.jpg|Norway
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Date: C10th. An eastern style that is rarely found in the west. <br>
P52 are open work with a double shell. P55 are cheaper copies cast in one piece.<br>
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Images
:P52 Open – VAC 119, VAC 120, VAC 121<br>
:P55 Solid -
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File:R655.jpg|Norway
File:R656.jpg|Norway
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===P57 - Jellinge Style [V/F]===
==Gotland brooches [V/F]==
===Animal-head===
Gotland only.
Sometimes found in 3’s ([EWING 2007, : p.60)]([ROESDAHL and & WILSON 1992, : p.192, 300 cat.274)]<gallery>M532.jpg|SwedenM533.jpg|SwedenM534.jpg|SwedenM535.jpg|SwedenM536.jpg|SwedenM537.jpg|Sweden</gallery>
===Drum Shaped===
==Trefoil brooches [V/F]References==Date:Pre 930AD, Roesdhal?{{Ref|Ewing 2007}}{{evidenceRef|Graham-Campbell 1980}}Archaeology{{Ref|Owen & Dalland 1999}}{{Ref|Petersen 1928}}Usually decorated in leaf decoration, they are based on the trefoil harness mounts from Germany. The design became so popular that they were locally produced throughout Scandinavia. They were produced in gold, silver and copper alloy. (MARGESEN 1997, p.16-18)<br>{{Ref|Roesdahl 1982}}Could be worn either pointing upwards or downwards (EWING 2007, p.62)<br>{{Ref|Roesdahl & Wilson 1992}}Trefoil brooches seem to have taken over from Oval brooches in the Viking colonies in England. (MARGESEN 1997, p.16){{Ref|Rundkvist 2010}}
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