Chapter VII: The Figure in Enamel and the Engraved Plate at the Back of It 61–91

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