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History origins of Celtic knotworks The Celtic knots were the creation of Celts in the early Celtic Church who resided mainly in Ireland. Around AD 450, Christian Celtic artwork was influenced by pagan Celtic sources which incorporated an additional knotwork category of life form motifs. The Celtic knots then spread to the Scottish Highlands and Europe via missionary expeditions. This traditional culture of knotworks in manuscript painting was passed down orally with non-existent written records. Many groups of people began to embrace the Celtic art form. These groups included the Irish, Picts, the Scots of Dal Riada and the Northumbrians. Celtic knotwork then underwent some form of
adaptation and assimilation with other cultures. An example of this would be the Anglo-Saxons, Welsh and other religious communities who created the “Hiberno-Saxon” tradition, which incorporated Saxon and Pictish abstract beast forms into the early Celtic knotwork. The early Irish works were consistent in the concept of unending loops, while Germanic and Roman adaptations had loose ends in some occasions. Celtic knotworks became the style of that time. This Celtic golden age of the 7 th to 10 th centuries began its decline after the Normans’ invasion. In the more Gaelic areas, the Celtic tradition continued, as these Gaelic aristocrats continued to patronise Celtic decorated ornaments. The Celtic culture was looked back as the glory of the ancestors of these people, with the knotwork becoming to an extent the symbol of political and cultural identity. Why was it created and which group of people used it
Page 1: Introduction Celtic knots are compl
Page 5 and 6: Meanings of knotwork Researchers ha
Page 7 and 8: Triple Gods/Goddesses of the ancien
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Page 11 and 12: Known as the Ulbster Cross, the des
Page 13 and 14: This is known as Brigit's Cross. Th
Page 15 and 16: This amulet design symbolizes peace
Page 17 and 18: Mathematical observations There are
Page 19 and 20: Step 2: Connect the dots diagonally
Page 21 and 22: Step 8: Break the plait at every 5c
Page 23 and 24: Break the plait at every 6cm horizo
Page 25 and 26: Step 4: Connect the remaining dots
Page 27 and 28: Step 8: Wherever there is a dot, fi
Page 29 and 30: Rings. Bangles Amulets
Page 31: Jewellery Sets
Page 34 and 35: Celtic knife and cake server and ba
Page 36 and 37: Wooden ornaments Wooden Signs
Page 38 and 39: Bibliographies Books Green, Miranda
Page 40 and 41: Drew Ivan’s “Knotwork meaning
Page 42: Steve Abbott's Computer Drawn Celti

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