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St.Martin-de-Fontenay & Giberville: Merovingian fibulae (6th c.AD)
St-Martin-de-Fontenay: Merovingian fibulae (Caen Mus.Normandie; photo Athena Review 2013)
These
fibulae from 6th century burials at Giberville and
St-Martin-de-Fontenay are made of cast gilded silver, inlaid with
garnets in cloisonne. The upper fibula has three claw-like segments
with indentations attached to the three outer garnet compartments,
around a larger central garnet.
In the fibula at bottom, a wheel-like effect has been created, with four small openings between four outer garnets and a central green stone.
Giberville is located 2 miles east of Caen, on the east bank of the Orne River. St-Martin-de-Fontenay is located six miles (10 km) south of Caen.
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