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)
origin of the modern name of tumblers, given to glasses which are nutnow placed in the same predicament. 496 THE SAXONS. [chap. XV. twisted, which is applied in Anglo-Saxon poetry to drinkiiig-cups. Thus in Beowulf (line 983), we are told that— the thane observed his oflBce,he that in his hand… … Ar.glu-Saxon Glass Vessels. manufacture is an ornamentation formed by separate threads ofglass twisted round the vessel after it had been formed; andsometimes of large knobs added to the glass, these latterassuming very singular shapes. It is difficult to say how farthis kind of ornament was…
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