(1) Cylindrical beads with white and yellow pellets: (i) Blue
glass with satyr-like mask; (ii) opaque greenish glass.
Probably from Cyprus. Greek or Phœnician.
(2) Two Chevron beads. _Provenance_ uncertain. Slade
collection.
(3) Three chains of beads, from Frankish tombs in the
Rhine-Moselle district. (_To face p. 108._)
XVI. ANGLO-SAXON GLASS. Prunted Beaker of olive-green glass.
(H. 11-1/8 in.) From burial-mound, Taplow. British Museum.
(_To face p. 111._)
XVII. ANGLO-SAXON GLASS. (1) Conical cup of pale green glass, with
applied threadings. (H. 10-1/4 in.) From Kempston,
Bedfordshire. British Museum.
(2) Drinking-cup of olive-green glass. (H. 8-1/2 in.) From
Faversham, Kent. British Museum (Gibbs Bequest).
(_To face p. 112._)
XVIII. HEDWIG GLASS (so-called). Two views of a cup of nearly
colourless glass (H. about 4 in.), carved in relief with
lion, griffin, and shield. German or Oriental; thirteenth
century, or perhaps earlier. Now mounted on Gothic metal
stand, which is not shown. Germanic Museum, Nuremberg.
(_To face p. 114._)
XIX. MEDIÆVAL GLASS FURNACE. Reproduction of a coloured miniature
from a manuscript, written probably in 1023, of Rabanus Maurus
(_De Originibus Rerum_), preserved in the library at Monte
Cassino. (_To face p. 124._)
XX. GERMAN GLASS, FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH CENTURY. Dark
bluish-green glass, from the Germanic Museum, Nuremberg.
(1) Prunted cup for holding relics.
(2) Wax cover to above, with seal of the Abbey to which it
belonged. (_To face p. 137._)
XXI. Do. do.
(1) Small cup with pap-shaped prunts.
(2) Cup with conical cover, containing relics.
(_To face p. 137._)
XXII. SARACENIC GLASS. Pilgrim bottle; brownish, amber-coloured
thick glass, enamelled and gilt. (H. about 8 in.) On the
flattened back a rose-wheel design. Long preserved at
Würzburg; said to come from Mesopotamia. _Circa_ 1300 A.D.
British Museum. (_To face p. 153._)
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