Allen, J. Romilly (John Romilly), 1847-1907, Anderson, Joseph, 1832-1916, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland · Edinburgh, Printed by Neill & co., limited · leaf 479
ORNAMENTAL DESIGNS SCULPTURED ON THE MONUMENTS. 327 There is a natural desire in the mind of the artist to remedy this defect by filling in the angles with black (No. 863a) or by making the end of the discontinuous line terminate in a black triangle (No. 864a), thus equalising the width of the… … It is the predominence of these little black triangles which distinguishes Celtic key-patterns from all others, and their existence can be traced to two causes : (1) the prominence given to the border, and (2) the placing of the setting-out lines diagonally with regard to it. In sculptured…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism
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