Ancient Parchment Riddle Limited Edition print with Celtic art & calligraphy by Denis Brown, 48 x 33 cm, 19" x 13". Edition of 150 prints.Click here for Price & Order info. Extracts from medieval riddle songs about the making of manuscripts from ox-hide. The presentation has a Celtic feel without becoming a pastiche. I used a 'hybrid' script derived from combining characteristics of Celtic half-uncial with a sympathetic form of italic. The illustrations feature an ox and the book that it becomes. The book displays a 'carpet page' (it's practically a flying carpet in itself!), which is made up of repetitions of the cows face from the other illustration. Click in the picture to see this enlarged.There's a lot of detail in subtle colors relating to the natural tones of the vellum pages- complex Celtic spiral patterns were constructed geometrically with compasses, in contrast to the multitude of freehand flourishes, drawn with fast pen strokes, many of which terminate small drawn animal heads.
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