![]() ![]() The Insular majuscule font, a new specialized font face true to the original hand writing has been created especially to accompany this new collection of Illuminated letter art and the Celtic illuminated Caps from the book of Kells. The first volume is comprised of 160 wonderfully ornate and unusual Celtic lettering, also includes a comprehensive set of Writing Tools for the Insular Majuscule Calligraphy. Our first three volumes of this collection are dedicated to the beautiful carpet pages, decorative elements, borders and illuminated capitals from the Book of Kells and the Lindisfarne Gospels dating as far back as 1200 years. elements that have nothing to do with what the Cristian Religion calls "Trinity"Ī new step in the Illuminated Manuscript ProjectĪfter much research and study, followed by countless hours drafting and redrawing, AlfredoM Graphic Art Studio is proud to present this collection dedicated to ancient Celtic illuminated manuscript art. Being the Book of Kells at the Trinity Library, in the Trinity College probably started the tradition of calling typical Celtic decorative elements like Trinity Knot, Trinity Cross, etc. It has remained at the Trinity College since then and is the most important work that the university library contains. In 1661, it was returned to Ireland and given to the Trinity Library at the Trinity College of Dublin, Ireland by Archbishop Ussher. The Book of Kells remained in the monastery at Kells until 1541, when the Roman Catholic Church took it for protection. Later, during the Viking raids of the 9th century, it was moved for its protection to Kells Monastery, County Meath, Ireland. It is uncertain where this Celtic art manuscript was first begun, but evidence points to the Isle of Iona, which was the center of influence of St. Also a less formal and faster form of Celtic calligraphy developed: the Insular Minuscule, there are beautiful samples of this script in the pages of the New Testament. The Book of Kells is the most spectacular version of this script the ligatures, letters stretched, calligraphy blending with decorative elements are just superb. The Irish scribes created an exagerated serif and formalized the script so the humble minuscule Half Uncial became a formal majuscule by the 6th century, the Insular Majuscule. The Celtic artistic tradition influenced the script, and Ireland virtual isolation from outside influences made it possible for Irish Calligraphy to evolve in insular script or Irish Uncial. Patrick's followers learned and adopted the Roman Half Uncial. The Irish land was behind the influence of the Roman Empire, was unfamiliar with latin and practically had no language of its own, St. Patrick began his mission to Ireland in 432. ![]() The Roman Half Uncial was established as the minuscule script for humble manuscripts at the time St. ![]() The hand of more than one scribe is recognized in the script, three of them being the most relevant. Approximately 30 leaves have been lost, the remaining 680 pages (340 folios) of the Book of Kells contains the four gospels in latin, a list of Hebrew names, and the Eusebian cannons. Some of the lacing is incredible, in one of the pages on a square of one inch there are over 180 interlacings. It was believed that only angels could have written the Book of Kells.The detail in this Irish illuminated manuscript is an amazing exemple of Irish Art, no one symbol, illuminated initial, celtic knot, interlace or page decoration element is duplicated elsewhere in the parchement. The Book of Kells at the library of the Trinity College, Dublin Ireland A sample image of what can be achieved using this collection can be seen in this page. Irish Celtic vector graphics eps clip art for engagement and wedding invitations and announcements, wedding reception clip cards, place markers, save the date, unity candle decoration, etc. This set of hand drawn royalty free stock images from the Celtic Illuminated Manuscripts Collection are available as instant download in EPS and WMF formats.įrom our illuminated manuscript art resources this is a special collection of Irish decorative graphics for invitations, it includes decorative illustrations borders, illuminated capital letters, the decorative font and decorative graphic elements to design engagement and wedding invitations reproducing the style of the ancient Celtic art of the manuscripts. Lindisfarne Gospels and Book of Kells high-resolution images #418 William Morris, The Kelmscott Chaucer #417 Antonius Collection, Music Scores Pages The largest collection of fine hand drawn Illuminated Manuscripts vector art and clip art ![]()
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