Transcriber's Note: 1) Page 91 contains a footnote, however there is no associated marker. The footnote has been left in place, with a note to this effect. 2) A letter following ^ is superscripted. Where more than one letter is superscripted, each is preceded by the ^ symbol. 3) [.A] = dot above A [h.] = dot below h [=a] = macron above a 4) [Symbol: cross pattée] (also known as a "cross pattee", "cross patty", "cross formée" or "cross formy" or in German "Tatzenkreuz") is a type of cross that has arms which are narrow at the center, and broader at the perimeter. The name comes from the fact that the shape of each arm of the cross was thought to resemble a paw (French patte). * * * * * JEWELLERY BY H. CLIFFORD SMITH, M.A. [Illustration: The Connoisseur's Library] NEW YORK: G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS LONDON: METHUEN & CO. 1908 [Illustration: _PLATE I_ SIXTEENTH-CENTURY PENDENT JEWELS OF ENAMELLED GOLD] CONTENTS PAGE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, ix PREFACE, xxxiii INTRODUCTION, xxxvii EARLY JEWELLERY CHAPTER I. EGYPTIAN JEWELLERY, 1 PHOENICIAN 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