Irish Art [continued (3)][21st February 1991]

[Redbook8:285][19910221:1142n] Irish Art [continued (3)][21st February 1991]

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‘Styles in the book [of Kells]* show the wide range of sources at the disposal of Irish scriptoria. The canon tables are related to those used by the Carolingian Palace school; some of the animals are Merovingian derivatives; the vine scrolls come from Northumbria; the Black Devil in the Temptation is a Byzantine version; and the iconography of the Virgin and Child comes from Coptic or Armenian prototypes.’

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*[Square brackets per ms indicating insertion in ms]

**– ibid [Encylopaedia of Visual Art 3:] 397

[A photocopy inserted at ms p285 (immediately following this entry) is captioned: ‘The Cross of Muirdach, Clonmacnoise, the west side showing the Crucifixion in the center of the cross’ – E[ncylopaedia of] V[isual] A[rt] 3:396]

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