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The Alfred Jewel An Historical Essay
Introduction
简介： IT is full fifty years since I began to contemplate the Alfred Jewel with a wonder and curiosity which became a habit. At length, in the latter half of that period, the vague attitude of enquiry began to point in a definite direction, and to exhibit...
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PREFACE
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CHAPTER I DESCRIPTION OF THE ALFRED JEWEL
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CHAPTER II THE EPIGRAPH OR LEGEND
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CHAPTER III EARLY SPECULATIONS ABOUT ITS DESIGN AND MANNER OF USE
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CHAPTER IV BISHOP CLIFFORD’S THEORY
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CHAPTER V A JEWEL IN THE CROWN
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CHAPTER VI THE BOAR’S HEAD
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CHAPTER VII THE FIGURE IN ENAMEL AND THE ENGRAVED PLATE AT THE BACK OF IT
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CHAPTER VIII ALFRED IN SOMERSET BEYOND PEDRIDA
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CHAPTER IX NEWTON PARK AND FAIRFIELD HOUSE
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CHAPTER X GOLD RINGS CONTEMPORANEOUS
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CHAPTER XI SOME CLOSING REFLECTIONS