[23] Catalogue of the Alfred the Great millenary exhibition in the British Museum. 1901.
[24] Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd Series, XIX, p. 304. Such long stout pins could only have served to fasten coarse, loosely woven fabrics.
[25] J. R. Allen (Celtic Art, p. 219) describes the exact function of this brooch, and illustrates its use in ancient and modern times. (See also Reliquary, 2nd Series, I, p. 162. 1894.)
[26] Anderson (J.), Scotland in early Christian times, 2nd Series. 1881.
[27] Luthmer (F.), Gold und Silber, p. 50.
[28] Luthmer, op. cit., p. 72.
[29] Ibid., p. 50.
[30] Ilg (A.), Theophilus Presbyter, p. xliii.
[31] Cunynghame (H. H.), European enamels, p. 69.
[32] Kunstdenkmale des Königreiches Bayern, I, iii, p. 2364. 1903.