They are far from being loose or trailing; no pins or fibulae appear.
The Spartan evidence for the pin and fibulae covers the later range of dates.
Other tholos tombs near the same site contained vessels Aegean in shape, with geometric ornament, and an iron dagger, and bronze fibulae and bracelets, objects for which iron was not used.
There are no pins or fibulae visible; the upper garment hides the girdle, if girdle there be.
There is no girdle, the arms are bare, no fibulae are shown.
If fibulae were metal clasps, however, we have several varieties of ancientfibulae that might have been used for closing wounds.
It must be confessed, however, that the words of Celsus render it difficult for us to assert with certainty that fibulae were metal clasps, and we find ancient commentators in equal difficulty.
While on the subject of the Boeotian vases it is worth while to call attention to the remarkable parallels presented by two other classes of objects also found in that region: bronze fibulae and terracotta statuettes.
It was probably derived from metal-work, in which it had long been familiar, as the Boeotian Geometrical fibulae and the early Corinthian or Chalcidian bronze reliefs testify.
These are found more frequently onfibulae or brooches and on swords and scabbards.
Once invented, the bilateral spring became almost universal, and its introduction serves to divide the whole mass of ancient fibulae into an older and a younger group.
Among the special variations of the early form, mention should be made of the fibulae of the geometric age of Greece, with an exaggerated development of the vertical portion of the catch-plate (fig.
Somewhat akin to the fibulaeare the strap buckles, which appear to have come into use at a late period only.
It must be observed in the first place that the whole class of fibulae may be divided into two great groups--viz.
The fibulaewith the spring coiled on each side of the central bow came into use about 400 B.
The skeleton of a young child with a persistent frontal suture was found at a depth of from 3 to 4 feet with the head east, trunk on back, femora at right angles to tibiae, and fibulae parallel to them, flexed to left or south.
The legs were flexed so that the femora lay at right angles or to the southeast of the pelvis, and the tibiae and fibulae lay parallel to them.
Several fibulae were found in the drains of the bath-house.
Gold fibulae of circular form are found in the Kentish barrows, frequently ornamented with real or fictitious gems.
Now an examination of barrows shows that the Angles practised cremation and urn burial, which was not so common amongst the Jutes and Saxons, and the fibulae found in the tombs of these tribes differ considerably in shape and size.
This was a kind of bib or super-tunic, and was composed of a square or rather oblong piece of stuff, suspended round the chest and back and secured at the shoulders by means of fibulae or buttons.
It was fastened, either upon one of the shoulders, generally the right, or in front, by means of fibulae or pins of an ornamental character.
Of these the most important are the practice of cremation and the use of fibulae and iron weapons, all of which are unknown in the Aegean before this time.
Fibulae also were found here in the same group of graves.
The bronze fibulae found at Bronze Age sites could not have been used to fasten heavy skins.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fibulae" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
