The contents of these graves have been described in a paper read before the Society of Antiquaries by Mr. C. H. Read (_Archæologia_, vol. lv.). Footnote 74: I use the term Saxon here to include also the Angles and Jutes. Footnote 75: In this widely spread class of jewellery, both true enamel and glass are conspicuous by their general absence. Footnote 76: I have seen, in the collection of Mr. Kennard, the lower part of a vase of thickish clear green glass, from an Anglo-Saxon tomb. On this the tails of the well-formed prunts _sweep downwards diagonally_; on the head of each is a rosette Such a form one may perhaps connect with the ‘_hroden ealo woege_,’ the ‘twisted ale-cups’ of Beowulf’s poem (cf. Hartshorne, p. 24). Footnote 77: Note in this tapestry, in more than one feast scene, the swaggering action with which the guests raise the drinking-horns, either to drink from the larger end or to let the liquid pass into the mouth from the pointed extremity. Footnote 78: In the sacristy of the church at Mittelzell, where I recently had an opportunity of examining it. This is an irregular oblong slab, about twenty inches in length, weighing about thirty pounds. One surface is nearly even, as if the molten glass had been poured out upon a table. Footnote 79: The Slavonic tribes before their conversion do not appear to have had any knowledge of glass; it is not found in any of their tombs to the east of the Elbe. Footnote 80: Apart from a few examples of enamelled glass of Saracenic origin preserved in church treasuries; these probably came in somewhat later. Footnote 81: There are, beside these, five other glasses that may be connected with this saint, but these are of a different character. Hedwig was the wife of a Silesian prince who lived in the early part of the thirteenth century. On the occasion of a misunderstanding with her husband, arising from the lady’s refusal to drink anything but water at her meals, the difficulty was surmounted by a miracle. St. Hedwig was canonised in 1257, and was soon recognised as the _landes patronin_ both of Silesia and Poland. Footnote 82: For example, on Gallic and British coins derived from Greek types, or again on some English porcelain where an Oriental design has been unintelligently copied. Footnote 83: _Les Origines de l’Alchimie_, 1885; _La Chimie des Anciens et du Moyen Age_, 1889; _La Chimie au Moyen Age_, 1893. Footnote 84: This I shall refer to later on as the pseudo-Heraclius; it contains several sections treating on the manufacture of glass, and forms a valuable commentary on the decidedly earlier treatise of Theophilus. Footnote 85: Compare with this account the furnace now used in Northern India described in Chapter XXI. Footnote 86: