PREFACE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I DESCRIPTION OF THE ALFRED JEWEL
CHAPTER II THE EPIGRAPH OR LEGEND
CHAPTER III EARLY SPECULATIONS ABOUT ITS DESIGN AND MANNER OF USE
CHAPTER IV BISHOP CLIFFORD'S THEORY [10]
CHAPTER V A JEWEL IN THE CROWN
CHAPTER VI THE BOAR'S HEAD
CHAPTER VII THE FIGURE IN ENAMEL AND THE ENGRAVED PLATE AT THE BACK OF IT
CHAPTER VIII ALFRED IN SOMERSET BEYOND PEDRIDA
CHAPTER IX NEWTON PARK AND FAIRFIELD HOUSE
CHAPTER X GOLD RINGS CONTEMPORANEOUS
CHAPTER XI SOME CLOSING REFLECTIONS
APPENDIX A THE FIRST PUBLISHED NOTICE OF THE ALFRED JEWEL (pp. 25 and 144)
APPENDIX B ST. NEOT AND ST. CUTHBERT (pp. 29 and 74)
APPENDIX C THE TWO-SCEPTERED FIGURE IN THE BOOK OF KELLS (p. 78)
APPENDIX D THE BRITISH ORIGIN OF THE ENAMELLED FIGURE (p. 91)
APPENDIX E ATHELNEY ABBEY (p. 115)
APPENDIX F NORTH NEWTON CHURCH (p. 139)
APPENDIX G THE PRESENTATION OF THE ALFRED JEWEL TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (pp. 140 and 145.)