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The Alfred jewel: an historical essay (1901)

Earle, John, 1824-1903, Ashmolean Museum · Oxford, Clarendon Press · leaf 230

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Eastern origin of this enamel and all cognate works.It is also possible that the discovery of an undoubtedly Irishexample may place above all dispute the contention that it isof Celtic-Saxon origin, and finally justify the absorption intothe same class of the ouche, the eagle, the eight… … There are no remains now visible on its site. Thematerials have doubtless passed into the neigh. 190 ^fpendtx E bouring farm buildings. The spot is markedby a monumental pillar, which was erectedin 1801 by the then proprietor of the land,with an historical inscription, which is not tooinaccurate…

Alfred, King of England, 849-901 · Enamel and enameling

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