Celtic and Old Norse Designs (Dover Pictorial Archive) Paperback – September 8, 2000

Great reference book. I've used it countless times for my tattoo customers over the years.

Great picturesto chose from

This book is good if a person is wanting some patterns that will add a fancy look to objects which have a normally simple shape such as clothing, furniture or fantasy weapons even buildings. There are many really great designs to choose from. If someone is wanting to learn how to reproduce the knots it doesn't have steps but most the line work matches the tails so you would start at one corner then follow with your finger to see the curves or angular shape. Some knots don't have rules such as using only circles and waves because a few have half circles and squares, the more familiar type is the triangles it can become any combination the artists wants. I would say from the book summary it really isn't religious despite the knots drawn from relics it doesn't have to be placed on crosses or altar tools. So for reference it's nice but for teaching a person needs basic understanding. I use my laptop and that makes it simpler than by hand and paper.

This is great for a design guide if you are embroidering or painting, or creating any type of motif art. Patterns are beautiful.

We have an obsession with everything Celtic and currently I'm using the different Celtic knits in a story I'm writing. This book was far more than what we thought it would be so it was well worth the price!

This "book" is a mere 92 pages. The pages are scanned from a comb-bound booklet, and separated in the middle. IF you are good at taking screenshots, AND you don't mind cutting and pasting in an image editor, then you might like this book. It's a brief collection of Celtic and Viking artworks, nothing more.

Ancient and medieval Celtic/Norse designs rendered on large pages, black/white patterns, in full detail. Great introduction to motifs of serpentine/spiral disks, weaves of a particularly enthralling nature. For all adults, but would be exceptional gift for that exceptional young mind; also, coloring book for kids. [Beyond titles/names no text regarding history of symbolic art, but for one page and back cover. Such info available online with name of said symbol.] Visuals only.

I like this book a lot, I needed it to complete the design that I came up with for a tattoo that I have been wanting to get for years. I used the Trinity knot the most because it means many different things in Celtic history. I would recommend this book for any project that you are requiring intricate designs for.