Allen, J. Romilly (John Romilly), 1847-1907 · London, Methuen & Co · leaf 394
ack-ground disappears altogether, and the spirals are madeall the same size and placed close together. As the spiral was the earliest decorative motive inChristian Celtic art, so it was also the first to disappear,and its disappearance marks the decadence of the style.We have in a previous chapter… … Spiral ornament, with key-pattern border, from the Book of Kells Spiral ornament in its best form is to be found in thefollowing MSS. :— The Lindisfarne GospelsThe Book of Kells .The Gospels of St. ChadThe Book of DurrowThe Book of ArmaghThe Gospels of WillibrodThe Gospels of St. GallThe Gospels of…
Art, Celtic
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