Allen, J. Romilly (John Romilly), 1847-1907 · London, Methuen & Co · leaf 392
ndon the Crucifixion plaque of repousse bronze fromAthlone, now in the Dublin Museum. OF THE CHRISTIAN PERIOD 285 SPIRAL ORNAMENT The spiral is the only decorative motive used inChristian Celtic art that can be proved to have beenborrowed from the Pagan Celtic art of the precedingperiod. Although… … Methods of connecting- spirals with circles of any size, leaving about the same distancebetween each ; then connect the circle with S- or C-shaped curves; and, lastly, fill in the circles withspirals working from the tangent points, where theS or C curves touch the circles, inwards to the centre.As…
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