The Alfred Jewel
- Subtitle
- An Historical Essay
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1. Front matter2. The Alfred Jewel:3. PREFACE4. CHAPTER I DESCRIPTION OF THE ALFRED JEWEL5. CHAPTER II THE EPIGRAPH OR LEGEND6. CHAPTER III EARLY SPECULATIONS ABOUT ITS DESIGN AND MANNER OF USE7. CHAPTER IV BISHOP CLIFFORD’S THEORY[10]8. CHAPTER V A JEWEL IN THE CROWN9. CHAPTER VI THE BOAR’S HEAD10. CHAPTER VII THE FIGURE IN ENAMEL AND THE ENGRAVED PLATE AT THE BACK OF IT11. CHAPTER VIII ALFRED IN SOMERSET BEYOND PEDRIDA12. CHAPTER IX NEWTON PARK AND FAIRFIELD HOUSE13. CHAPTER X GOLD RINGS CONTEMPORANEOUS14. CHAPTER XI SOME CLOSING REFLECTIONS15. APPENDIX A THE FIRST PUBLISHED NOTICE OF THE ALFRED JEWEL (pp. 25 and 144)16. APPENDIX B ST. NEOT AND ST. CUTHBERT (pp. 29 and 74)17. APPENDIX C THE TWO-SCEPTERED FIGURE IN THE BOOK OF KELLS (p. 78)18. APPENDIX D THE BRITISH ORIGIN OF THE ENAMELLED FIGURE (p. 91)19. APPENDIX E ATHELNEY ABBEY (p. 115)20. APPENDIX F NORTH NEWTON CHURCH (p. 139)21. APPENDIX G THE PRESENTATION OF THE ALFRED JEWEL TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (pp. 140 and 145.)