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Excerpt from The Brooches of Many Nations The brooches of classic times were known as fibulae. These differ according to the manners and customs of the various nations who adopted them: their religious tenets frequently influencing the peculiar motif of the designs. So interesting is the development of the fibula from the humble safety-pin ornament, that we will trace it to its origin. To do so, it will be necessary to examine the jewellery as worn by the Babylonians and the early Egyptians, that we may carefully trace the first clue to those magnificent brooches which have been handed down to us from various finds, and which form so important a part in the history of, not only the religious beliefs, but also of the arts and crafts of nations whose works still live. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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