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The Alfred jewel: an historical essay (1901)

Earle, John, 1824-1903, Ashmolean Museum · Oxford, Clarendon Press · leaf 79

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lysuperseded. In the next annal, io8^, we areinformed that the king wore his Crown threetimes every year :—< j^riwa he b«r his cyne-helm«lce geare. The explanation now offered of the useand function of the Alfred Jewel is confirmedby comparison with a minor jewel in thesame glass case, which for…

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

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