Celtic Design and Ornament for Calligraphers

Download or read book Celtic Design and Ornament for Calligraphers written by Jack Mackinder and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 1999 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The marvels of Celtic design depend both on understanding how to create ornament and pattern, and on knowing how to devise a composition - a dazzling arrangement which is even more striking than its individual components. Here you can find the key to these remarkable designs. Jack Mackinder has divided his book into two parts. Firstly, he explains how the pages of the Book of Kells, the Book of Durrow and the other great Gospel manuscripts of the 7th to 9th centuries were set out by the ancient scribes. The author has re-created the precise geometric methods they used, explaining how you can apply these principles to your own work. Secondly, he shows how to draw step patterns, key patterns, interlaces and spirals to fit into the shapes created in the manuscripts.