Book of Kells, Trinity College

Giraldus Cambrensis, 12C Welsh writer

Francoise Henri

Colum Cille

Ebbo Gospels

Qui fuit page

Chi Rho page

Cimabue (Byzantine influence although was a 13 C Italian painter)

Folio (verso or recto)

"Et ymno dicto exierunt in montem olivet" (Matt. 26:30)

phyllomorphic (leave, plant patterns intertwined with animals)

zoomorphic

goldsmith, portraitist, illustrator (dramist), and nature artist

cloisonne

whirls

peltas

knots

spirals

interlace

fret (ornamental pattern of bars intersecting or joining one another at right angles)

Vikings; Viking Invasions 915-20 AD

Brian Boru

1014 - Viking crushed at Battle of Clontarf (near Dublin)

1020-1170 - Romanesque Period in Ireland

Harley Mss., 1138 AD

Southhampton Psalter, 11C

Book of Mulling, 9C

Psalter of Cormac, 2nd half of 12 C

Corpus Gospels, ca. 1140

Gospel of St. Chad, 9C

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