| Description |
159 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Frontispieces -- The Tara Brooch -- The Cruciform Page From The Lindisfarne Gospels -- Preface -- Introduction -- Knotwork Borders -- Introduction -- A. Precursors of Celtic Interlacings -- B. The methods of construction -- 1. General principles for designing Celtic Knotwork -- 2. General principles of methods of construction -- 3. Simple Celtic interlacing borders -- 4. Celtic Knotwork borders -- 5. Applications to craftwork for simple interlacings -- 6. Border designs and their application to circles -- 7. Knotwork borders -- 8. Interlacing borders -- 9. Interlacing borders -- 10. Interlacing borders -- 11. Further border designs -- 12. Method of doubling interlacings -- 13. Method of mitring -- 14. Method of mitring -- C. Construction of ornaments, Monymusk Reliquary -- D. Construction of Viking ornament, Lewis -- Knowwork Panels -- E. Examples from Gospels of Lindisfarne and Book of Kells -- F. Comparison of similar designs at Salisbury and in Perthshire, Angus and Caithness -- G. Design on cross-slab at Ulbster, Caithness -- H. Panel from Book of Kells -- 1. Simple Knotwork Panels -- 2. Knotwork Panel in Pictish proportions -- 3. Variations from Plates 1 and 2 from Book of Kells -- 4. Example of continuity -- St. Madoes Stone -- 5. Further methods of constructing Knotwork Panels -- 6. Examples from Ulbster and Strathmartin Stones -- 7. Reptile Knotwork Panels, Shandwick Stone also panel from Lindisfarne, St. Vigeans, Dunfallandy, Eassie and McDurnan -- 8. Panels common to Lindisfarne, Ulbster, Collieburn and Glammis -- 9. Construction of Nigg Stone Panel -- 10. Example from a Book of Durrow border -- 11. Irish and Pictish Knotwork -- Durrow -- 12. Unit from Book of Durrow -- 13. Knotwork in circular panels. Shandwick Stone and Book of Kells -- 14. Circular panels -- Boko of Kells and Hilton of Cadbol Stone -- I. Construction orders -- Plate II, Book of Durrow -- J. Completed design -- Plate II, Book of Durrow -- K. Design from Page of Eight Circled Cross, Kells -- L. Interlacing in Rossie Priory Stone -- Spirals -- Introduction -- M. Aberlemno Stone -- use of Triskele in all-over repeats. Examples of travesties of this design made in the past -- 1. Methods of constructing spirals -- 2. Construction of spiral centres -- 3. Spirals and breaking into trumpets -- 4. Joining spirals -- Kells and Aberlemno examples -- 5. Spiral centers from ancient British and Pictish enamel work -- 6. Examples of spiral centres from M.S.S. and enamel work -- 7. Spiral groups -- Book of Durrow -- 8. Spirals -- Kells and Lindisfarne -- 9. Spiral Borders -- 10. Borders and Terminals from M.S.S. and Ornamented Stones -- 11. Spiral panel and Hilton of Cadboll Stone -- 12. Panel on Shandwick Stone -- 13. All-over spiral patterns -- M.S.S. and stones -- 14. Examples from Kells and Lindisfarne -- Key Patterns -- Introduction -- N. Key pattern on arm of Aberlemno Cross showing earlier travesties -- 1. The construction of Key patterns -- 2. Key pattern borders and mitring -- 3. Patterns from Rosemarkie Stone and Lindisfarne -- 4. Key pattern borders and panels -- 5. Treatment of Nigg Stone and comparison with Maya Keys -- 6. Nigg Stone Key panel and variations -- 7. Key patterns -- Nigg, Kells and Lindisfarne -- 8. Comparison of methods by Welsh and Pictish designers in Pembrokeshire and Ross-shire -- 9. Reconstruction of panel -- Collieburn Stone Kells border and terminal -- 10. Comparison of Aberlemno, Aberlady and Lindisfarne keys |
| Notes |
Half title: Celtic art |
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Reprint of the 1951 ed. published by W. MacLellan, Glasgow |
| Subject |
Decoration and ornament, Celtic.
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| LC no. |
73075875 |
| ISBN |
0486229238 |
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