A Handbook of Celtic Ornament by John G. Merne

Plate No. 33 — Celtic Bird and Animal Forms from A Handbook of Celtic Ornament by John G. Merne. Seven designs featuring birds with spread wings woven into knotwork and a central circular medallion.

A Handbook of Celtic Ornament by John G. Merne Download John G. Merne’s A Handbook of Celtic Ornament is one of the clearest early books on Celtic design. First published in 1931, it came before George Bain’s later and more widely known work, which makes it an important early source in the serious study of […]

Celtic Art in Pagan and Christian Times

Four Celtic key-pattern diagrams from Scottish sites: Aberlady (Haddingtonshire), Abercorn (Linlithgowshire), St. Andrews (Fifeshire), and Collieburn (Sutherlandshire), from Celtic Art in Pagan and Christian Times

Celtic Art in Pagan and Christian Times by Allen J. Romilly Download Celtic Art in Pagan and Christian Times by Allen J. Romilly traces Celtic art from its earliest pagan forms through into the Christian period. You see how the style evolves, how patterns carry forward, and how nothing disappears, it is refined and adapted. […]

Treubhan Flash Book

Treubhan free Celtic tattoo flash book — downloadable Celtic and Pictish symbol designs for tattoo inspiration

Free Flash Book This is a mixture of flash I’ve done over the last ten years. I hope this inspires your work or to be tattooed by myself. Signing up to my mailing list helps me rely less on meta as a form of getting my work out, and allows me to choose how my […]

Early Christian Symbolism

Discover the Celtic art book behind centuries of knotwork and tattoo design. J. Romilly Allen’s 1887 masterpiece is the ultimate Celtic tattoo inspiration.