Celtic manuscript ornament, 7th to 11th centuries. From the Gospels of Durrow 1-6, Book of Kells 7,8, Royal Manuscripts 9,10, Codex Aurens 11, Gospels of Thomas 12, Commentaries on the Psalms 13, Gospel of St Chad 15, Psalter 15, Gospels of Mac Durnan 16,17, Latin Gospels 18, Codex Vossianus 19-21, St Ethelwulf's Benedictionale 22, Grand Latin Psalter 23,24, Arundel Psalter 25-33, and illuminated initials from the Abbey of St Germain des Pres 34-37. Celtique. Hand-finished chromolithograph by Bauer from Albert-Charles-Auguste Racinets LOrnement Polychrome, (Polychromatic Ornament), Firmin-Didot, Paris, 1869-73.
Celtic manuscript ornament, 7th to 11th centuries. From the Gospels of Durrow 1-6, Book of Kells 7,8, Royal Manuscripts 9,10, Codex Aurens 11, Gospels of Thomas 12, Commentaries on the Psalms 13, Gospel of St Chad 15, Psalter 15, Gospels of Mac Durnan 16,17, Latin Gospels 18, Codex Vossianus 19-21, St Ethelwulf's Benedictionale 22, Grand Latin Psalter 23,24, Arundel Psalter 25-33, and illuminated initials from the Abbey of St Germain des Pres 34-37. Celtique. Hand-finished chromolithograph by Bauer from Albert-Charles-Auguste Racinets LOrnement Polychrome, (Polychromatic Ornament), Firmin-Didot, Paris, 1869-73.