Celtic Interest

A comprehensive design source book of all types of Celtic spiral designs by leading exponent of Celtic art, Courtney Davis. The 101 spiral designs cover the whole history of Celtic design from the earliest examples found on rocks and ancient stone monuments to Courtney Davis's own celebrated modern interpretations. With spiral designs from the famous Celtic manuscripts such as the Lindisfarne Gospels and the Book of Kells and from intricate Celtic jewellery. The 101 spiral designs are all hand painted by Courtney Davis and printed in full colour. Each is accompanied by a black and white version of the same image on the adjacent page - perfect for scanning or photocopying for use on readers' personal art, design or craft project. The introduction gives a brief history of the Celts and an explanation of the birth and development of their artistic style with particular relation to spiral designs.

ISBN: 9780715317754

A comprehensive design source book of all types of Celtic illuminated letters by leading exponent of Celtic art, Courtney Davis. The 101 illuminated letters reflect the history of Celtic design from the earliest examples to Courtney Davis's own celebrated modern interpretations. Many of the illuminated letters are from, or inspired by, the famous Celtic manuscripts such as the Lindisfarne Gospels and the Book of Kells. The 101 designs are all hand painted by Courtney Davis and printed in full colour. Each is accompanied by a black and white version of the same image on the adjacent page - perfect for scanning or photocopying for use on readers' personal art, design or craft project. The book contains two complete alphabets and the remaining letters are structured so that those most commonly used at the beginning of words are represented with many more examples than the least common letters. The introduction gives a brief history of the Celts and an explanation of the birth and development of their artistic style with particular relation to illuminated letter designs.

ISBN: 9780715317518

Originally published in 1894, eleven dramatic tales of the Celtic peoples of Ireland and north-west Scotland.

ISBN: 9781855853904

A collection of stories from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, Cornwall and Brittany which show their common Celtic heritage in their love of extravagance and poetry, their quick wit and their daring sense of adventure. Here, retold much as they were around Celtic peat fires a hundred years ago, are the enthralling tales of Fair Brown and Trembling, The Brown Bear of the Glen, and The Ship that Went to America. Some of the stories give familiar tales a Celtic twist - Duffy and the Devil is a comic Cornish take on the Rumplestiltskin story; The Black Cat is a dark and mysterious Breton Cinderella...and others seem new and strange such as the doomed love of Lutey and the Mermaid or the mystic rapture of The Little Bird. Perhaps the most riveting of all is the Irish tale of The Soul Cages, in which a fisherman makes friends with one of the sea-people, Coomara, and uses their friendship to free the souls of drowned sailors, kept by Coomara in lobster pots in his house beneath the waves...

ISBN: 9780316028028

These exquisite little hardcover volumes of classic illuminated manuscripts--with gold-leaf detailing and sumptuous full-color illustrations--are elegant as well as inexpensive, making them the perfect gift or impulse buy for all who cherish the rich legacy of Christian art.

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ISBN: 9780062511324

Explores the origins, development and artistic flowering of the well known and recognized symbol of Celtic Christianity - along with information into the diversity of form, locations and use of traditional Celtic art in cross design and construction.

ISBN: 9781841650548

An account of the origins, lives and achievements of the early spiritual leaders, male and female, of Celtic Christianity - from their inspiration by the lifestyle of the ancient Desert Fathers to their roles and significance throughout the Celtic lands.

Revealing the ancient Celts and their ways and traditions through historical, social, cultural and spiritual detail, this book explains their spread throughout Europe and celebrates the thriving modern traditions of contemporary Celtic culture.