Glasses primer

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Eyeglass primer from Italy, 8./7. Century BC Chr.

The spectacle brooch is a bronze clasp to hold clothes together. The name of the fibula results from the two spiral-shaped decorative elements, which are reminiscent of large glasses.

description

As a rule, the spectacle brooch consists of a single piece of long wire that has been rolled up into two large spirals . A loop can be inserted between these wire spirals - as a kind of temple arm (see picture on the right). The two ends of the wire are located in the center of the spiral: one of them forms the needle, the other is bent into a hook that picks it up and thus forms the locking mechanism. The fibula does not have a spring, the closing effect results solely from the tension in the material.

Spectacle brooches are a characteristic part of the costume of the younger Bronze Age and the older Iron Age , especially the Hallstatt Age . H. around the 9th to 6th century BC They were widespread, their occurrence extends from Poland across all of Central Europe to Italy and Greece. Due to their characteristic appearance and the ease of production, eyeglass brooches are now being produced again, for example for museum souvenir shops or as part of re-enactments .

literature

  • Oscar Almgren: Studies on Northern European fibula forms of the first centuries AD . Leipzig 1923.
  • Ronald Heynowski: Primers. recognize · determine · describe. (= Determination Book Archeology 1 ), 2nd edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin / Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-422-07119-3 , p. 47 f.
  • Rosemarie Müller, Heiko Steuer :  fibula and fibula costume. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 8, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1994, ISBN 3-11-013188-9 , pp. 541-545.