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Some of the meticu-lously rendered designs were found in iIluminated manuscripts, missals,and psalters of the Celtic Church including the incomparable Book ofKells and the earlier Book o

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PUBLISHER'S NOTE

In this marvelous collection, drawn from numerous Celtic and Old Norsesources in the British lsles and Scandinavia, a rich selection of traditionalChristian and secular designs is brought together Some of the meticu-lously rendered designs were found in iIluminated manuscripts, missals,and psalters of the Celtic Church (including the incomparable Book ofKells and the earlier Book of Ourrow) and on Celtic stone crosses Othersare from runic inscriptionson stones, Norse sword hilts and personalornaments, and the decoration of everyday artifacts such as bedposts,horse collars, and weather vanes The sources of the designs are in lreland;Scotland; Wales; Cornwall, Cumbria, Gloucestershire, Northumberland,Sutton Hoo (in Suffolk), and the lsle of Man in England; Denmark;Norway; and Sweden

Created in the period from the 6th century to the 12th century A.D.(some of them during the 9th and 10th centuries, at the height of the Norseinvasions and occupations of large areas of England and lreland), thedesigns represent the six major periods of Old Norse decoration: theBroa/Oseberg, Borre, Jellinge, Mammen, Ringerike, and Urnes styles, aswell as many generations of Celtic Christian ornament, chiefly ela bora ted

in lreland and Scotland

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(a) from bronze mirror; (b) from bronze mirror; (e) from bronze bovvl; (d) and (e) from

hand les on spoons

Ccltic DesigIls 1

Cel tic spirals from various stone crosses -l

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designs from various stone crosses of Ireland, Scotland, and Cornwall

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(a) from the Cel tic cross at Monasterboice, lreland; (b) adapted from a cross in Comwall;

(c) from cross at Monasterboice, Ireland

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(a) from the Celtic cross at Golden Grove, Wales; (b) adapted from a cross shaft at

Llantwit Major, Wales

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10 Ccltic DesigIls

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(a), (b), and (c) from the Book of Kells

from the Book of Kells

from the Coupar-Angus Psalter, Scotland

Ccltic/Old Norse Designs 13

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«1)initial from Wineheombe Psalter; (b) from St Maehan's Shrine; (e) and (d) from Cross

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CC!tic/Old Norsc Desigl/s

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(a) from Shrine of St Lachtin's Arm; (b) and (c) from St Machan's Shrine

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(a), (b), and (c) from the Bell Shrine of St Patrick; (d) from the Cross of Cong

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runic stone, Sweden

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(a) Urnes-style bone pin; (b) figure of a bird on a whalebone line winder; (c) can'ed stone

cist in Urnes stvle

Old Norse DesigIls 25

ornament on a bronze-gilt weather vane

Old Norse Designs 27

from a carved wooden bedpost

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(a) and (c) ]ellinge-style anima ls carved in stone, from the Isle of Man; (b) detail from aMammen-stvle horse collar

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entwined Urnes-style carved beasts

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(a) carved bone in the Mammen style of art; (b) detail from a horse collar

Old Norse Design5 33

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(a) and (b) adaph:,d from a silver bowl in Gotiand

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from the omament on asiedge pole

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(a) silver disk in the Jellinge style; (b) detail from asiedge pole in Oseberg

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(a) silver crucifix; (b) and (e) details from mounts in the Broa style

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animai heads can-ed on a whalebone plaque

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(a) detail from a carved stone in Norway; (b) detail from asIedge pole in Oseberg

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(a) detail from a horse eollar; (b) two entwined beasts earved on a rune stone in Gotiand;

(e) Jellinge-style animals carved in stone, from the Isle of Man

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(a) detaiI from a brooch; (b) Gosforth Cross; (c) border detaiI from manuscript Junius II;

(d) based on various brooch designs

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