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Anglo-Saxon brooches are a large group of decorative brooches found in England from the fifth to the eleventh centuries. In the early Anglo-Saxon era, there were two main categories of brooch: the long (bow) brooch and the circular brooch. The long brooch category includes cruciform, square-headed, radiate-headed, and small-long brooch brooches.
One of those objects was a small long brooch from the Roman cemetery, in the St. Pancras area of Chichester. [17] Its isolation suggests that it belonged to a Saxon woman who lived and died in a British community rather than in a Saxon settlement. [18] No written Anglo-Saxon sources claim that Cissa was ever king.
The quoit brooch is a type of Anglo-Saxon brooch found from the 5th century and later during the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain that has given its name to the Quoit Brooch Style to embrace all types of Anglo-Saxon metalwork in the decorative style typical of the finest brooches.
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County finds liaison officer Lori Rogerson said these coin brooches or badges were the "most popular pieces of jewellery" during the last Anglo-Saxon king's reign and, with its cross design, it ...
A disc fibula or disc brooch is a type of fibula, that is, a brooch, clip or pin used to fasten clothing that has a disc-shaped, often richly decorated plate or disc covering the fastener. The terms are mostly used in relation to the Middle Ages of Europe, especially the Early Middle Ages. They were the most common style of Anglo-Saxon brooches.
The Kingston Brooch is the largest known Anglo-Saxon composite brooch, and is considered by scholars to be an outstanding example of the composite disc brooch style. Over time, the Kingston brooch has become widely recognized for its charm, inherent value and detailed workmanship. [ 1 ]