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Crescent V-rod
The Crescent and the Crescent with a V-rod through it, appear often on the Pictish Stones.
The crescent is thought to symbolise the moon/sun and also thought to symbolise death.
The V-rod is thought to be a bent or broken arrow.
The crescent is thought to symbolise the moon/sun and also thought to symbolise death.
The V-rod is thought to be a bent or broken arrow.
Cover Image - Book of Kells
The Book of Kells contains the four Gospels of the Christian scriptures written in black, red, purple, and yellow ink in an insular majuscule script, preceded by prefaces, summaries, and concordances of Gospel passages. Today, it consists of 340…
George Bain - 1881–1968
His book Celtic Art: The Methods of Construction was published in 1951. It had little impact at the time, but on its re-issue in 1971 it introduced a generation to Celtic knotwork, the Pictish stones, the Book of Kells and the Book of Durrow. As well…
Stones of Scotland.
Printed for the Spalding Club.
Aberdeen.
Aberdeen.
Illustration from 'The Early Christian monuments of Scotland' 1902.
Photograph by Mr D. Whyte, of Inverness.
George Bain Drawing - One Continuous Line.
'THE GOD DELIGHTS IN ODD NUMBERS'
George Bain Drawing - Details of the Nigg Stone.
20 reptiles, the bodies and tails make the spirals and the interlacing's.
Details of panel on the right side of the cross-shaft of the Nigg Stone.
Details of panel on the right side of the cross-shaft of the Nigg Stone.