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Sources
For Gaelic words and meanings: http://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/index.html Here you can search four online Gaelic dictionaries. Though it appears not have been updated in several years, the link has never died on us.
This one is merely a partial list in this case; the stack of books seems to grow when we aren't looking. For inspiration of our designs: A Treasury of Celtic Design by Courtney Davis, published by Constable and Company in 1999. This picture-filled book contains decent, more complex Celtic designs and little to no text, though it doesn’t give sources.
Byzantine Pottery by Ken Dark, published by Tempus Publishing in 2002. Good pictures, both black and white and color, as well as the pot diagrams of Byzantine pottery, with lots of text.
Celtic Art: the Methods of Construction by George Bain, republished by Dover Publications in 1973 Our oldest and most-used source, full of drawings and diagrams. If you were to buy one Celtic art book, this would be the one, and a used one at that. Older editions tend to have larger images, though newer editions have thicker paper for cleaner copying. Reliable and versatile, it is still one our best sources.
Celtic Art edited by Barry Raftery, published by Flammarion in 1990 A good picture resource of mainly metalwork, but with plenty of text.
Celtic and Old Norse Designs by Courtney Davis, published by Dover Publications in 2000. This picture-filled book contains good Celtic and Nordic designs and little to no text, with minimal sources at the bottom of each page.
Celtic Design series by Aidan Meehan, published by Thames and Hudson in 1995. Not purely design books, it has a lot of text but are still good sources for images. I haven’t read most of the text, but they do have sources listed and a recommended book list in the back of each volume. Each volume covers a different facet of Celtic designs. Some of the volumes are: Celtic Design: A Beginner’s Manual Celtic Design: Animal Patterns Celtic Design: Illuminated Letters Celtic Design: Knotwork Celtic Design: Spiral Patterns Celtic Design: The Dragon and the Griffin, the Viking Impact Celtic Design: The Tree of Life
Celtic Designs for Artists and Craftspeople: CD-Rom and Book, published by Dover Publications in 2003. This picture-filled book contains good Celtic designs collected together from other Dover publications with no text or sources. Comes with a CD containing all the images in the book, handy for scaling or including in graphics.
Celtic Designs from the British Museum by Ian Stead and Karen Hughes, published by Roberts Rinehart Publishers in 1998. Some different patterns than those usually seen, courtesy of the British Museum, not so much for linework but for carving and low-relief work. Again, mainly a picture-source book, but obviously with good source information.
Celtic Iron-On Transfer Patterns by Courtney Davis, published by Dover Publications in 1989. Good for more than using on fabric, this picture-filled book contains good Celtic designs and little to no text, though it doesn’t give sources.
Celtic Stencil Designs by Co Spinhoven, published by Dover Publications in 1990. This picture-filled book contains good Celtic designs and little to no text, though it doesn’t give sources. One of our oldest design sources.
Irish Medieval Tiles by Elizabeth S. Eames and Thomas Fanning, published by Royal Irish Academy in 1988. Technical reference full of drawings and black and white and color photos with descriptions. All in all, a great book and worth the money, but very hard to find.
Medieval Sussex Pottery by K. J. Barton, published by Phillimore & Co in 1979. Technical reference full of great diagrams and black and white pictures with descriptions as to clay and glaze, and pages of the stamps that were used. All in all, a good book.
Prehistoric Pottery in Britain and Ireland by Alex Gibson, published by Tempus Publishing in 2002. Good pictures, both black and white and color, as well as the pot diagrams of Stone- to Iron Age pottery, with lots of text.
The Art of the Celts by David Sandison, published by Laurel Glen Publishing in 1998. Lots of color images of many different kinds of Celtic art, but nothing much beyond that.
The Book of Kells by Bernard Meehan, published by Thames and Hudson in 1994. About half and half, text to image, and good for color reference if you take into account the fading of the ages.
The Pictish Guide by Elizabeth Sutherland, published by Birlinn Limited in 1997. Fairly few pictures, but in-depth descriptions of the Pictish stones complete with their age and location, divided by region. Clear photos in the center section of the book.
Viking Art, by David M. Wilson and Ole Klindt-Jensen, published by University of Minnesota Press in 1980. This great book contains both line drawing categorized by style-era and many, many clear pictures of the original artifacts, the ones you see copied in any decent book of Viking art. there is also lots accompanying text and documentation. Well worth the money if you can find it.
Viking Designs: CD-Rom and Book, published by Dover Publications in 2003. This picture-filled book contains good viking designs collected together from other Dover publications with no text but with sources at the bottom of each pages. Comes with a CD containing all the images in the book, handy for scaling or including in graphics.
http://www.gotmus.i.se/1engelska/1.htm The Gotland Museum, English language area, is a good source for images of picture stones and their history. They are supposed to be expanding their English content.
. . . As well as a developing repertoire of original designs in the Celtic and Norse styles.
To get some of these books, here's a
link to Amazon's Celtic Art Books Contact Us.S. Schmidt of Reannag Teine.
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