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Celtic Design and Ornament for Calligraphers

Paperback • 1999 • English

Celtic Design and Ornament for Calligraphers

By Jack Mackinder

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About the book

A study of Celtic design and ornament for calligraphers. It is divided into two parts. Firstly, it explains how the pages of the Book of Kells, the Book of Durrow and the other great Gospel manuscripts of the 7th to 9th centuries were set out by the ancient scribes. The author has recreated the precise geometric methods they used, explaining how these strategies can be applied. Secondly, it shows how to draw step patterns, key patterns, interlaces and spirals to fit into the shapes created in th...Show more

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ISBN

9780500280942

Publisher

Thames & Hudson

Published year

1999

Language

English

Original title

Celtic Design and Ornament for Calligraphers

Format

Paperback

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