Langton Down Primer

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Damaged Langton Down brooch from Hertfordshire . The beginnings of the large needle holder can still be seen.

The Langton Down fibula is a generally bronze garment clasp to hold clothes from the time around the birth of Christ. The primer was named after the place where it was found in Great Britain , where it was first described.

description

The Langton Down fibula is a so-called sleeve spiral fibula, which means that the body and the spiral spring (with needle) of the fibula were manufactured separately. To connect the two elements, the spiral spring is inserted into a tubular sleeve on the fibula body. The mechanism of the spiral is therefore not visible, which gives the fibula a smooth, elegant appearance. In the Langton Down brooch the bracket is wide and flat, at the front (towards the sleeve) it breaks off almost at right angles downwards. The back of the hanger is often lavishly decorated with grooved patterns, but the spiral sleeve is usually undecorated. The needle holder is large and usually has openings.

Langton Down brooches are typical costume components of the late Iron Age and the early Roman Empire in Central and Northern Europe. Their distribution area extends from Great Britain via France and West Germany to Switzerland.

literature

  • Oscar Almgren : Studies on Northern European fibula forms of the first centuries AD, taking into account the provincial Roman and southern Russian forms. 2nd edition, supplemented by an afterword. Kabitzsch, Leipzig 1923.
  • Ronald Heynowski: Primers. recognize · determine · describe (= Archeology Guide. 1). 2nd, updated and improved edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin et al. 2016, ISBN 978-3-422-07119-3 , p. 118.
  • Hubert Leifeld: Endlatène and early imperial primers from graves in the Trier region. An antiquarian-chronological study (= university research on prehistoric archeology. 146). R. Habelt, Bonn 2007, ISBN 978-3-7749-3328-6 (also: Kiel, University, dissertation, 2003).
  • 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.