CELTIC AND OLD NORSE DESIGNS

CELTIC AND OLD NORSE DESIGNS

CELTIC AND OLD NORSE DESIGNS

In this marvelous collection, drawn from numerous Celtic and Old Norse
sources in the British lsles and Scandinavia, a rich selection of traditional
Christian and secular designs is brought together. Some of the meticulously
rendered designs were found in iIluminated manuscripts, missals,
and psalters of the Celtic Church (including the incomparable Book of
Kells and the earlier Book of Ourrow) and on Celtic stone crosses. Others
are from runic inscriptionson stones, Norse sword hilts and personal
ornaments, 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.

COURTNEY DAVIS