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Click to enlargeCeltic and Anglo-Saxon Art and Ornament

J. O. Westwood
Our Price$14.95
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ISBN: 0486458164
Page Count: 64
Dimensions: 8 3/8 x 11
Fifty-three full-color plates capture the earthy, often primitive art forms of ancient Irish and Anglo-Saxon culture. Selected from incredibly rare manuscripts, this wondrous variety of ornamental artwork is alive with intertwined lacings, abstract animals, and meticulously drawn and detailed letters, as well as solemn religious imagery.
Reprint of Facsimiles of the Miniatures and Ornaments of Anglo-Saxon and Irish Manuscripts, Day and Son Limited, London, 1868.

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