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A fibula (/ˈfɪbjʊlə/, pl.: fibulae /ˈfɪbjʊli/) is a brooch or pin for fastening garments, typically at the right shoulder. [3] The fibula developed in a variety of shapes, but all were based on the safety-pin principle.
The fibula was presented to the public in 1887 by Wolfgang Helbig, an archaeologist.According to some sources, Helbig did not explain how he had come to acquire the artifact at the time, [4] although others [5] state that the fibula "was first made known to the public in three short articles in the Römische Mitteilungen for 1887 where it is said to have been purchased in Palestrina by a ...
English: Walters 54.421 and 54.422 are a pair of superb eagle-shaped fibula found at Tierra de Barros (Badajoz, southwest Spain) made of sheet gold over bronze inlaid with garnets, amythysts, and colored glass. Pendants once dangled from the loops at the bottom.
Illyrian fibulae or brooches were widely used by Illyrians and were very common in Illyria. Some types of fibulae are one of the few objects that all of the Illyrians used and some are even used to declare the distribution of Illyrian people. Illyrians loved ornaments, and on festive occasions their womenfolk would appear heavily draped with ...
Carved from amber, this fibula dates to about 500 B.C.E.The artist is unknown, and there is some debate if the piece is Etruscan made or Etruscan influenced. [2] Amber was a popular material in both Greek and Etruscan art, [3] with the Etruscans using it frequently, often in funerary art.
The spectacle brooch was an ancient fibula from the late European Bronze Age and early Iron Age, primarily worn by adult women of higher social rank. [1] One form of the spectacle brooch originates from the Illyrians and consists of two concentrically wound spirals attached to a pin.
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The front side of Nordendorf I fibula. The Nordendorf fibulae are two mid 6th to early 7th century Alamannic fibulae found in Nordendorf near Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. Both fibulae are from the same grave, a woman's grave from an Alemannic cemetery of 448 row graves. They are labelled I and II, and were found in 1843 and 1844, respectively.