Duxer primer

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Schematic representation of a fibula in the springtime format. Dux brooches were usually more richly decorated.

The Duxer fibula is an early Latena garment clasp to hold clothes together. This type of fibula is named after the city of Dux, now Duchcov in the Czech Republic.

description

The Duxer fibula is executed in the so-called spring La Tène scheme; this means that the foot swings back in a wide arc to the bracket and almost touches it. Usually it ends in a spherical decorative element. The cross-section of the bow of the Duxer brooch is very variable; It usually runs in the shape of a broad “U” and is decorated with hallmarks and notch patterns. Characteristic of the Dux brooch is a ball point decoration at the foot end. The closing effect is generated by a spiral spring with four or six turns.

Dux fibulae are a typical part of the costume of the late Iron Age , especially of the Latène B stage, i.e. H. 4th century BC Its distribution area extends over Switzerland and northern Italy.

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. 60 f.
  • Felix Müller. Geneviève Lüscher: The Celts in Switzerland Konrad Theiss, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 978-3806217599 .
  • 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.