CONTENTS

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List of Illustrations, [ix]
Preface, [xxxiii]
Introduction, [xxxvii]
EARLY JEWELLERY
Chapter [I.]{Egyptian Jewellery, [1]
{Phœnician Jewellery, [7]
[II.]Greek Jewellery, [11]
[III.]Etruscan Jewellery, [20]
[IV.]Roman Jewellery, [27]
[V.]Byzantine Jewellery, [33]
[VI.]{Prehistoric (Celtic) Jewellery, [39]
{Romano-British Jewellery, [44]
[VII.]The Barbaric Jewellery of Europe (The Great Migrations), [49]
[VIII.]Anglo-Saxon Jewellery (Fifth to Seventh Centuries), Merovingian Jewellery, [56]
[IX.]Late Anglo-Saxon Jewellery (Seventh to Ninth Centuries), [65]
[X.]The Celtic Brooch, [75]
THE JEWELLERY OF THE MIDDLE AGES
(TENTH TO FIFTEENTH CENTURIES)
Chapter [XI.]Mediæval Jewellery (Introduction), [80]
[XII.]Mediæval England, [91]
[XIII.]The Mystery of Precious Stones, [99]
[XIV.]{Head-Ornaments, [105]
{Necklaces, [113]
[XV.]Pendants, Rosaries, and Pomanders, [118]
[XVI.]Brooches—The Ring-Brooch, [127]
[XVII.]Brooches (contd.)—Pectorals, [135]
[XVIII.]Rings and Bracelets, [147]
[XIX.]Belts and Girdles, [159]
RENAISSANCE JEWELLERY
Chapter [XX.]Italy, Fifteenth Century, [166]
[XXI.]{Sixteenth-Century Jewellery (General), [177]
{Italy, Sixteenth Century, [183]
[XXII.]Germany, The Low Countries, Hungary, [187]
[XXIII.]France—Spain, [199]
[XXIV.]England (Henry VIII—Elizabeth), [206]
[XXV.]Head-Ornaments, Enseignes, Aigrettes, Hair-Pins, Earrings, [222]
[XXVI.]Necklaces, Neck-Chains, and Collars, [236]
[XXVII.]Neck-Pendants, [242]
[XXVIII.]Rings, Bracelets, Broches, [242]
[XXIX.]Girdles and Girdle Pendants (Mirrors, Books, Watches, Scent-Cases, and Pomanders), [270]
LATER AND MODERN JEWELLERY
Chapter [XXX.]Seventeenth-Century Jewellery (General), [276]
[XXXI.]{Seventeenth-Century Jewellery (contd.), [290]
{England, Seventeenth Century, [299]
[XXXII.]Eighteenth-Century Jewellery, [307]
[XXXIII.]Nineteenth-Century Jewellery—The Modern Revival, [325]
[XXXIV.]Peasant Jewellery, [341]
[XXXV.]Jewellery in Pictures, [348]
[XXXVI.]Frauds and Forgeries, [355]
[XXXVII.]Memento Mori, [363]
[Bibliography], [371]
[Index]:[A],[B],[C],[D],[E],[F],[G],[H],[I],[J],[K],[L],[M],[N],[O],[P],[Q],[R],[S],[T],[U],[V],[W],[Y],[Z] [381]