Eagle Fibula — Visigothic

Eagle Fibula

Exquisite Visigothic Eagle Fibula (500 AD) – a stunning gold & garnet brooch featuring intricate glass inlay. Discover this rare artifact's beauty & historical significance!


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The Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, Statele Unite ale Americii)

Descoperă The Walters Art Museum: o călătorie imersivă prin artă, de la antichitate la prezent, cu peste 35.000 de obiecte fascinante, inclusiv colecții de artă egipteană, medievală și impresionistă din Baltimore.

This object along with Walters 54.422 form a pair of superb eagle-shaped fibula found at Tierra de Barros (Badajoz, southwest Spain) made of sheet gold over bronze inlaid with garnets, amythysts, and colored glass. Pendants once dangled from the loops at the bottom. The eagle, a popular symbol during the Migration period adopted from Roman imperial insignia, was favored by the Goths. Similar eagle-shaped fibulae have been excavated from Visigothic graves in Spain and Ostrogothic graves in northern Italy, but this pair is one of the finest. These fibula would have been worn at the same time to fasten a cloak at either shoulder.