Collection of antique fibules

Lombardic Fibula, mid-6th century (National Museum of Slovenia). http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/fibulae.html

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Morocco | Silver and glass paste fibula. Ida ou Nadif, central Anti Atlas region | ca. end of the 19th to early 20th century

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The Ashmolean Museum: The Anglo-Saxons; Finglesham, Northbourne, Cemetery Female and child burial, grave E2. 575-625 Detail of items 43) Pair of gilt silver and garnet square headed brooches. Photograph by Lindsay Kerr.

Lagobardic fibulae, Slovenia, Rifnik pri Šentjurju

Fibula: Not to be confused with the bone, a fibula is an ancient brooch use to clasp or fasten clothing together. While they were used primarily by 7th century Greeks and Romans, fibula brooches were created as early as the Bronze Age to as late as the Middle Ages. The Celts and the nomadic tribes of Europe have…

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