Our Chief Problem is ‘A figure hard to characterize’ 61 Division of this Chapter 62 Enamelling as an artistic industry _id._ Enamel _cloisonnée_ 63 Chief extant specimens according to M. Labarte 64 ff. The Enamelled Ouche of Mr. Roach Smith 68 Enamel _champlevée_ _id._ Obscurity of the history of enamelling 69 Philostratus 70 Enamelled horse-gear 71 The Symbolism of the _icuncula_ and its Source 74 The _Book of Kells_ 76 f. Relations of Alfred with Irish travellers 78 The Tufa 79 Evidence for the Enamel’s being an insular product 80 Allegorical engraving on the back-plate 81 Dualistic theory of Sir Francis Palgrave 83 The brothers John and Philip Duncan 84 Unity of thought in the Jewel 86 Alfred’s Epilogue to his _Pastoralis_ 87 ff. Summary of this Chapter 90 CHAPTER VIII ALFRED IN SOMERSET BEYOND PEDRIDA 92–132