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Title: Celtic and Old Norse Designs by Courtney Davis ISBN: 0-486-41229-6 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 08 September, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)

Rating: 3
Summary: Christianized Celtic design
Comment: Most of the designs in CELTIC AND OLD NORSE DESIGNS by Courtney Davis appear to have been copied from items found in and around archelogical sites that date from around 1,000 B.C.E. to about 1,000 C.E., now housed in museums. Davis does not inform the reader of the specific aspects of these pieces. In fact, her text is almost non-existent.

Some of the items shown appear to match items that precede Roman times, others seem to coincide with Roman and early Christian times, and others are very similar to items discoved in Anglo-Saxon tombs like Sutton Hoo, or Viking sites in Scandanavia and are thus contemporary with the early Middle Ages. Some designs are found on spoons, horse collars, or weather vanes, while others are taken from church sculpture or graveyard crosses.

As the elements shown are not categoried by historical period, or referenced or sourced, this is not the scholarly work that I hoped it might be. However, if you don't care it does not matter. I will be using the book for children's artwork projects this summer (i.e. coloring books).

Rating: 4
Summary: a good resource for charted scrollwork
Comment: This is a great resourse for those looking for charted scrollwork, knotwork and other Celtic or Norse motifs.

Rating: 5
Summary: The Best in the Dover Group
Comment: STRONGLY recommend this book as THE best source for Norse type designs! Bold and true, this book is highly usable to impart the Nordic of Old flavor to your work!

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