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Dresses and decorations of the Middle Ages (1843)

Shaw, Henry · London : W. Pickering · leaf 29

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KING ALFREDS JEWEL. … EW relics of antiquity are connectedwith more interesting historical associ-ations than the jewel represented inour engraving. The inscription on theface, KELFRF.U MIX IIEIIT DKUYRCKN, i.e. Alfred commanded me to he made,and the circumstance of its having beenfound (about the close of the…

Middle Ages · Costume · Decoration and ornament, Medieval

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