The Celt, the Roman, and the Saxon : a history of the early inhabitants of Britain, down to the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity ; illustrated by the ancient remains brought to light by recent research / by Thomas Wright ; with numerous engravings on wood (1902)
ows in great variety,and they present a mixture of tlie common Roman types andof others which were doubtless of Saxon manufacture. Per-liaps the Roman manufactories of beads continued to exist afterthe settlement of tlie Saxons; but whether this were the caseor not, it is certain that almost every… … Anglo-Saxmi Jewellery. CHAP. XV.] ANGLO-SAXON BEADS. 4S9 these are sometimes incrusted with vitreous substances. TheSaxons introduced the same kind of ornament into their earthen-ware beads which had been used by the Romans in beads ofglass, and we find them often tastefully variegated with…
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