The brilliant, beautiful designs, decorations and patterns of the Celts - expressed in their metalwork, stonework and jewellery, and continued in the manuscript illumination of Celtic Christianity - are an astonishing art form whose legacy has fascinated both Celtic and non-Celtic peoples for many c[...]

A repertoire of Celtic patterns including all the main branches of traditional Celtic ornament and its use in decorating letters. Great works of art, such as the "Book of Kells" and the "Book of Durrow", were created by several artists working together, one drawing in pen and ink and the other filli[...]

Borders are a natural development of Celtic patterns, whereby an abstract or animal pattern may be repeated to fill a band or frame a panel. This book shows how to create a variety of rectangular Celtic borders, based on a simple square-grid. The borders are proportioned to fit a standard letter-siz[...]

The Lindisfarne Gospels is an eighth-century masterpiece of Celtic illumination. After careful study, Aidan Meehan has beautifully redrawn more than fifty designs that appear on its pages. Each one has been taken from its amazingly intricate background, often extricated from other entangled ornament[...]

This bumper edition of Aidan Meehan's practical guides to the art and design of the Celts brings together three of his bestselling titles, "A Beginner's Manual", "Knotwork" and "Illuminated Letters". This practical, step-by-step manual provides an invaluable, comprehensive source of instruction and [...]