CElt:ic ANtJ. tjesic.;ns. DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC. Mineola, New York

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2 CElt:ic ANtJ oltj NORSE tjesic.;ns COUR'LNey AVis DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC. Mineol, New York

3 PUBLISHER'S NOTE In this mrvelous collection, drwn from numerous Celtic nd Old Norse sources in the British lsles nd Scndinvi, rich selection of trditionl Christin nd seculr designs is rought together. Some of the meticulously rendered designs were found in iiluminted mnuscripts, missls, nd pslters of the Celtic Church (including the incomprle Book of Kells nd the erlier Book of Ourrow) nd on Celtic stone crosses. Others re from runic inscriptionson stones, Norse sword hilts nd personl ornments, nd the decortion of everydy rtifcts such s edposts, horse collrs, nd wether vnes. The sources of the designs re in lrelnd; Scotlnd; Wles; Cornwll, Cumri, Gloucestershire, Northumerlnd, Sutton Hoo (in Suffolk), nd the lsle of Mn in Englnd; Denmrk; Norwy; nd Sweden. Creted in the period from the 6th century to the 12th century A.D. (some of them during the 9th nd 10th centuries, t the height of the Norse invsions nd occuptions of lrge res of Englnd nd lrelnd), the designs represent the six mjor periods of Old Norse decortion: the Bro/Oseerg, Borre, Jellinge, Mmmen, Ringerike, nd Urnes styles, s well s mny genertions of Celtic Christin ornment, chiefly elor ted in lrelnd nd Scotlnd.

4 c \ d e () from ronze mirror; () from ronze mirror; (e) from ronze ovvl; (d) nd (e) from hnd les on spoons Ccltic DesigIls 1

5 c ~d () pttern from sword hilt; () Celtic stone cross; (c) Cel tic stone cross; (d) from gold torc (neck coiir or chin) 2 Celtic DesiglIs

6 - () pttern from ronze mirror; () spirl design on sword hilt c Ce/tic Designs 3

7 Cel tic spirls from vrious stone crosses -l Cel t ic DesigIls

8 designs from vrious stone crosses of Irelnd, Scotlnd, nd Cornwll Celtic DesigIls 5

9 c () from the Cel tic cross t Monsteroice, (c) from cross t Monsteroice, Irelnd lrelnd; () dpted from cross in Comwll; 6 Ce/tic DesigIls

10 () from the Celtic cross t Golden Grove, Wles; () dpted from cross shft t Llntwit Mjor, Wles Cc/tic OL'siglls 7

11 e d f () nd () from Scottish cross; (c), (d), nd (e) from the Book of Kells; (f) from Cornish stone cross 8 Celtic DesigIls

12 c d e f () nd () from Codex 1395; (e), (d), (e), nd (O from the Lindisfrne Gospels Ce/tic Designs 9

13 c (), (), nd (c) from the Book of Kells 10 Ccltic DesigIls

14 from the Book of Kells Ccltic DesiglIs 11

15 -- dpted from the Book of Kells 12 Celtic DesigIlS

16 from the Coupr-Angus Pslter, Scotlnd Ccltic/Old Norse Designs 13

17 c e «1) initil from Wineheome Pslter; () from St. Mehn's Shrine; (e) nd (d) from Cross of Cong; (e) from St. Mehn's Shrine 14 CC!tic/Old Norsc Desigl/s

18 c () from Shrine of St. Lchtin's Arm; () nd (c) from St. Mchn's Shrine Cc/tic/Old Norsc DesigIls 15

19 16 () engrved Ce/tic/Old Norse Desiglls xe from Jut/nd; () detil from St. Mchn's Shrine

20 detil from the Bell Shrine of St. Ptrick Cc/tic/Old Norsc DesigIls 17

21 d c e () detil from the Cross of Lismore; () nd (c) from the Bell Shrine of St. Ptrick; (d) nd (e) from St. Mchn's Shrine 18 CL'ltic/Old NorsL' OL'sigl1s

22 c d (), (), nd (c) from the Bell Shrine of St. Ptrick; (d) from the Cross of Cong Celtic/Old Norse Design::; 19

23 '1 20 () from the Shrine of St. Lchtin's Arm; () initils from the Corpus Missell, lrelnd Celtic/Old Nlirse Designs

24 " '..~. () from the Book of Durrow, lrelnd; () design crved into ntier, lrelnd; (c) nd (d) from the Sutton Hoo ship uril Cc/tic/Old Norsc Dcsigl1S 21

25 c () initil from the Chronicle Hymnorum,lrelnd of Mrinus Scotus, lrelnd; () nd (c) from the Lier '22 Celtic/Old Norse Dcsigns

26 runic stone, Sweden Old Norsc DesiglIs 23

27 , () Viking-stvle pendnt; () two entwined ests crved in stone 24 Old Norse DesigIls

28 () Urnes-style one pin; () figure of ird on whleone line winder; (c) cn'ed stone cist in Urnes stvle Old Norse DesigIls 25

29 c work () from rooch the erved side of the Oseerg ert; () detil from edpost; (e) from n open- 26 Old Norse Designs

30 ornment on ronze-gilt wether vne Old Norse Designs 27

31 from crved wooden edpost 28 Old Norsf DfsigJ/s

32 ,:.. c () nd (c) ]ellinge-style nim ls crved in stone, from the Isle of Mn; () detil from Mmmen-stvle horse collr Old Norsc DesigIls 29

33 30 Old Norse Designs () Borre-style strp end; () detil from Gosforth stone cross

34 entwined Urnes-style crved ests Old Norsc Dcsigns 31

35 c (j rooeh in English Urnes style; (J Ringerike est; (ej design from fluted silver owl from Gotind 32 Old Norse Desigl/s

36 () crved one in the Mmmen style of rt; () detil from horse collr Old Norse Design5 33

37 Á () nd () dph:,d from silver owl in Gotind 34 Old Norse Designs

38 from the omment on siedge pole Old Norse Desigl1s 35

39 36 Old Norsc Designs () silver disk in the Jellinge style; () detil from siedge pole in Oseerg

40 , '"" c () "Gret Best" ef\úi on grve; () nd (e) Jcllingc-style nimls erved jn stone, from the Isle of Mn Old Norsc DesigIls 37

41 () silver crucifix; () nd (e) detils from mounts in the Bro style 38 Old Norsc Designs

42 nimi heds cn-ed on whleone plque Old Norsc Design:> 39

43 40 Old Norse Desig/Is () detil from crved stone in Norwy; () detil from siedge pole in Oseerg

44 c () detil from horse eollr; () two entwined ests erved on rune stone in Gotind; (e) Jellinge-style nimls crved in stone, from the Isle of Mn Old Norsc DesigIls 41

45 c d 42 Old Nor~(' Dc~iglls () detii from rooch; () Gosforth Cross; (c) order detii from mnuscript Junius II; (d) sed on vrious rooch designs

46 Swedish rune stone Old Norse Designs 43

47 <lj ~ (fj r;; o :... co <lj :E.5, t::: :J o 6 6 "-" o:....- r;;, <lj O 44 Old Norse Designs