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What (who) is Ædwen's brooch - definition
Ædwen's brooch
![George Hickes]], '' Thesaurus of Ancient Languages of the North'', 1705)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Back of Ædwen's brooch.jpg?width=200 "George Hickes]], '' Thesaurus of Ancient Languages of the North'', 1705)")
11TH-CENTURY SILVER BROOCH
Aedwen's brooch
Ædwen's brooch (also known as Sutton brooch, British Museum 1951,10-11,1) is an early 11th-century Anglo-Scandinavian silver disc brooch with an inscription on the reverse side. It was discovered in 1694 during the ploughing of a field in Sutton, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, along with a hoard including coins and gold rings.
Celtic brooch
![The [[Breadalbane Brooch]], Irish, 8th century, converted from its original pseudo-penannular form in 9th century Scotland.<ref>Youngs, 94–95</ref>](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brit Mus 13sept10 brooches etc 015-crop.jpg?width=200 "The [[Breadalbane Brooch]], Irish, 8th century, converted from its original pseudo-penannular form in 9th century Scotland.<ref>Youngs, 94–95</ref>")
![Viking period brooch in silver from the [[Penrith Hoard]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brit Mus 13sept10 brooches etc 040.jpg?width=200 "Viking period brooch in silver from the [[Penrith Hoard]]")
![Detail of the [[Londesborough Brooch]] (late 8th- or early 9th–century)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brit Mus 17sept 016.jpg?width=200 "Detail of the [[Londesborough Brooch]] (late 8th- or early 9th–century)")
![[[Viking]] period pennannular brooches from the [[Penrith Hoard]], three of the "[[thistle]]" type.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Britishmuseumpenrithhoardbrooches.jpg?width=200 "[[Viking]] period pennannular brooches from the [[Penrith Hoard]], three of the \"[[thistle]]\" type.")
![Mock-up with modern fabric, showing how the brooches were used.<ref>At the British museum; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G98BCWl8vU this You Tube video shows the operation from about 1:20]</ref>](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BvbfgfDSCF9200 brooch mock-up.JPG?width=200 "Mock-up with modern fabric, showing how the brooches were used.<ref>At the British museum; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G98BCWl8vU this You Tube video shows the operation from about 1:20]</ref>")
![Cashel Brooch, 9th or 10th century, from the [[Rock of Cashel]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cashel brooch in Rock of Cashel Museum 2.jpg?width=200 "Cashel Brooch, 9th or 10th century, from the [[Rock of Cashel]].")
![[[Tara Brooch]], rear view.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ireland 2010 etc 028 (2).jpg?width=200 "[[Tara Brooch]], rear view.")
![Pictish art]] and metalwork.<ref>Swift, Catherine. "[https://www.academia.edu/1285310/English_and_Pictish_Terms_for_Brooch_in_an_8th_century_Irish_Law_Text?auto=download English and Pictish Terms for Brooch in an 8th-century Irish Law-Text]". ''Medieval Archaeology'', 2004. Retrieved 29 October 2021</ref>](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kilmainham brooche NMI.jpg?width=200 "Pictish art]] and metalwork.<ref>Swift, Catherine. \"[https://www.academia.edu/1285310/English_and_Pictish_Terms_for_Brooch_in_an_8th_century_Irish_Law_Text?auto=download English and Pictish Terms for Brooch in an 8th-century Irish Law-Text]\". ''Medieval Archaeology'', 2004. Retrieved 29 October 2021</ref>")
![The [[Rogart Brooch]], National Museums of Scotland, FC2. [[Pict]]ish penannular brooch, 8th century. Silver with gilding and glass. Classified as Fowler H3 type.<ref>Youngs, no. 111; Laing, 310</ref>](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RogartDSCF6220.jpg?width=200 "The [[Rogart Brooch]], National Museums of Scotland, FC2. [[Pict]]ish penannular brooch, 8th century. Silver with gilding and glass. Classified as Fowler H3 type.<ref>Youngs, no. 111; Laing, 310</ref>")
![National Museum of Ireland]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roscrea Brooch.jpg?width=200 "National Museum of Ireland]]")
![[https://www.huntmuseum.com/explore/item/97d6216a-0317-33fd-9330-fc3dd1bf4dbe/?s%3Dhca+508&pos=1 Silver brooch in thistle pattern], 9th-10th century AD. The [[Hunt Museum]] ([[Limerick]], Ireland)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Silver brooch in thistle pattern.jpg?width=200 "[https://www.huntmuseum.com/explore/item/97d6216a-0317-33fd-9330-fc3dd1bf4dbe/?s%3Dhca+508&pos=1 Silver brooch in thistle pattern], 9th-10th century AD. The [[Hunt Museum]] ([[Limerick]], Ireland)")
![Silver gilt "trumpet" brooch with Celtic spirals similar to those in the [[Book of Durrow]]. British, 1st or 2nd century, [[Trinity College Dublin]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Trumpet brooch, British, 1st or 2nd century.jpg?width=200 "Silver gilt \"trumpet\" brooch with Celtic spirals similar to those in the [[Book of Durrow]]. British, 1st or 2nd century, [[Trinity College Dublin]]")
![Co. Antrim]], 6th century AD. The [[Hunt Museum]] ([[Limerick]], Ireland).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bronze zoomorphic penannular brooch.jpg?width=200 "Co. Antrim]], 6th century AD. The [[Hunt Museum]] ([[Limerick]], Ireland).")
![Rear of the [[Hunterston Brooch]], an early and elaborate Irish-style brooch found in Scotland, showing a much later [[Viking]] owner's inscription](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/NMSHunterstonBrooch4 (cropped).jpg?width=200 "Rear of the [[Hunterston Brooch]], an early and elaborate Irish-style brooch found in Scotland, showing a much later [[Viking]] owner's inscription")
![The [[Pict]]ish brooches in the [[St Ninian's Isle Treasure]], with typical Pictish lobed terminals](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/St Ninian's Isle TreasureDSCF6199.jpg?width=200 "The [[Pict]]ish brooches in the [[St Ninian's Isle Treasure]], with typical Pictish lobed terminals")
![Pictish confronted animal terminals, [[St Ninian's Isle Treasure]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/St Ninian's Isle TreasureDSCF6202det.jpg?width=200 "Pictish confronted animal terminals, [[St Ninian's Isle Treasure]]")
JEWELRY FOR FASTENING CLOTHING CONSISTING OF AN OPEN OR BROKEN RING AND PIN
Celtic brooches; Penannular brooch; Pennanular brooch; Pseudo-penannular; Penannular brooches; Pseudo-penannular brooch; Thistle brooch; Kite brooch
The Celtic brooch, more properly called the penannular brooch, and its closely related type, the pseudo-penannular brooch, are types of brooch clothes fasteners, often rather large; penannular means formed as an incomplete ring. They are especially associated with the beginning of the Early Medieval period in Ireland and Britain, although they are found in other times and places—for example, forming part of traditional female dress in areas in modern North Africa.
Disc fibula
![Otto the Great]], portrayed wearing a prominent disc fibula](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Meister des Registrum Gregorii 001.jpg?width=200 "Otto the Great]], portrayed wearing a prominent disc fibula")
![Gold disc fibulae from the Sonnenbühl prince's burial mound ([[La Tène period]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zürich - Uetliberg - Fürstengrabhügel - Goldscheiben.jpg?width=200 "Gold disc fibulae from the Sonnenbühl prince's burial mound ([[La Tène period]])")
![Alemannian disc fibula of the 6th century with [[almandine]] and bone inlays](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Scheibenfibel.jpg?width=200 "Alemannian disc fibula of the 6th century with [[almandine]] and bone inlays")
![Pair of disc fibulae from the [[Aregund]] grave c. 6th C.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fibulae Aregund MAN87424.jpg?width=200 "Pair of disc fibulae from the [[Aregund]] grave c. 6th C.")
![The Sarre Brooch, a 5th-century Kentish [[quoit brooch]], [[British Museum]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sarre BroochDSCF9233.JPG?width=200 "The Sarre Brooch, a 5th-century Kentish [[quoit brooch]], [[British Museum]]")
![Anglo-Saxon brooch, from [[Monkton, Kent]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anglo-Saxon Disc Brooch from Monkton on display at the Ashmolean Museum.jpg?width=200 "Anglo-Saxon brooch, from [[Monkton, Kent]]")
![Brooch from the [[Pentney Hoard]], in the [[Trewhiddle]] style.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brit Mus 17sept 005-crop.jpg?width=200 "Brooch from the [[Pentney Hoard]], in the [[Trewhiddle]] style.")
![Anglo-Saxon [[Fuller Brooch]], 9th-century](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brit Mus Fuller Brooch.jpg?width=200 "Anglo-Saxon [[Fuller Brooch]], 9th-century")
BROOCH IN THE FORM OF A FLAT DISK, WITH A PIN BACK
Disc brooch; Disk brooch
A disc fibula or disc brooch is a type of fibula, that is, a brooch, clip or pin used to fasten clothing that has a disc-shaped, often richly decorated plate or disc covering the fastener. The terms are mostly used in relation to the Middle Ages of Europe, especially the earlier part of the period.
