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oltJ NORSE

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COUR LNey bAVis


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PU LISHER S NOTE

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 meticu-

lously 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.

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 Norse

invasions and occupations of large areas of England and lreland , the

designs represent the six major periods of Old Norse decoration: the

Broa/Oseberg, Borre, Jellinge, Mammen, Ringerike, and Urnes styles, as

well as many generations of Celtic Christian ornament, chiefly elabora ted

in lreland and Scotland.


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a

b

c

\

d

e

a from bronze mirror; b

ro

bronze mirror; e

ro

bronze bovvl; d and e from

hand les on spoons

cltic esigIls

1


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a

b

c

~d

a pattern from sword hilt; b Celtic stone cross; c Celtic stone cross; d from a gold

torc neck coIIar or chain

2 eltic esiglIs


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a

a pattern from bronze mirror; b spiral design on sword hilt

b

c

e tic Designs

3


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el tic spir ls ro v rious stone

rosses

l

el t ic esigIls


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designs from various stone crosses of Ireland Scotland and ornwall

eltic esigIls


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a

b

c

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

(c) from cross at Monasterboice, Ireland

e tic DesigIls


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a

a f rom the Celtic cross at Golden Grove, Wales; b adapted from a cross shaft at

Llantwit Major, Wales

Cc tic OL siglls

b

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a

e

d

a and b from a Scottish cross; c , d , and e from the Book of Kells; f from a Cornish

stone cross

eltic esigIls

f


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a

c

d

e

f

a and b from Codex 1395; e , d , e , and O from the Lindisfarne Gospels

e tic Designs

b

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10 cltic esigIls

c

a , b , and c from the Book of Kells


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from the ook

ells

cltic esiglIs


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adapted from

the Book

of

Kells

eltic esigIlS


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from the Coupar Angus Psalter Scotland

cltic Old Norse Designs

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a

b

c

e

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

of Cong; e)

from

St. Maehan s Shrine

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CC tic Old Norsc Desigl s


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...

a

c

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

c tic Oldors

esig ls


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a

b

a) engraved axe from Jut/and; b) detail from St. Machan s Shrine

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e tic Old Norse Desiglls


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,,~ : -- -.: ;,

; ~ , ;

detail from the Bell Shrine of St. Patrick

c tic Old Norsc DesigIls

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c

d

a

e

a) detail from the Cross of Lismore; b) and c) from the BellShrine of St. Patrick; d) and

e) from St. Machan s Shrine

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CL ltic Old NorsL OL sigl1s


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a

c

b

d

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

Celtic Old Norse Design ;

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a

a) from the Shrine of St. Lachtin s Arm; b) initials from the Corpus Missell, lreland

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eltic Old Nlirse Designs

1

b


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b

(a) from the Book of Durrow, lreland; (b) design carved into antier, lreland; (c) and (d)

from the Sutton Hoo ship burial

Cc tic Old Norsc Dcsigl S 21


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c

a

b

a)

n t l

from the Chronicle of Marianus Scotus, lreland; b) and c) from the Liber

Hymnorum,lreland

eltic Old Norse

signs


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runic stone weden

ld orsc esigl s


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a

a Viking-stvle pendant; b two entwined beasts carved in stone

ld orse

esig ls

J

,

b


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a

b

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

cist in Urnes stvle

ld orse esig ls


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b

a

c

a

ro

the earved side of the Oseberg eart; b detail from a bedpost; e

ro

an open-work brooch

ld orse signs


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ornament on a bronze gilt weather vane

Old orse esigns

7


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from a carved wooden bedpost

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Old Norsf fsigJ s


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c

b

a

a and c ]ellinge-style anima ls carved in stone, from the Isle of Man; b detail from a

Mammen-stvle horse collar

ld orsc esig ls


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~

a

a Borre-style strap end; b detail from Gosforth stone cross

ld orse signs

iF

b


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entwined Urnes style carved beasts

ld Norsc csigns 3


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a

b

aj brooeh in English Urnes style; bJRingerike beast; ej design from a fluted silver bowl

from Gotiand

ld orse

esigl s

c


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a

b

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

Old Norse esign

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a and b adaph:,d

from silv r

bowl in Gotiand

ld orse signs


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from the om ment on sie ge pole

Old Norse esigl s

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a

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

Old orsc esigns

r

.;.;

b


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~

~

,

a

b

c

(a) Great Beast eaf\i on a grave; (b) and (e) Jcllingc-style animals earved jn stone,

from the Isle of Man

Old Norsc esig ls


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a

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

ld orsc signs


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- - -. -- ..,


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a

b

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

Old Norse esig Is


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;


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a

b

(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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Nor~(

c~iglls

c

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d

,-,...


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Swedish rune stone

Old orse esigns

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