This intricate pattern is the border around the evangelist's portrait page of St. Matthew's Gospel, from the 7th Century Celtic illuminated manuscript, the Book of Durrow.
This woman came down from Canada to get it. I am so flattered by my international clients !
A unique melding of cultures, Celtic knotwork fills the silhouette of the ankh, Egyptian symbol of eternal life.
A bold and tribal pattern representing the deep belief in the Celtic cultures that everything comes back around, reincarnation into another lifetime being the accepted truth. This evocative set of spirals comes from the back of the Inchbrayock stone, currently housed in the Montrose Museum, Angus, Scotland. This Pictish symbol stone was found in the burial-ground of St Braoch's Church.
The magnificent California Condor, largest raptor in the skies, in a black graphic dynamic representation.
