Two small drawings, colored ink & gold leaf on Bristol board, in the Celtic Lindisfarne/Kells style. The latter is the beginning of the Gospel of John: In principio erat Verbum...
So glad to see that there are those out there that keep the sacred traditions alive in liturgical art. If only all liturgical texts looked like this these days!
I just watched "The Secret of Kells" with my kids, so I've been looking around online at images of celtic illumination work. It's very distinctly different than any of the other styles, something I guess I had overlooked in the past.
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So glad to see that there are those out there that keep the sacred traditions alive in liturgical art. If only all liturgical texts looked like this these days!
Beautiful.
I just watched "The Secret of Kells" with my kids, so I've been looking around online at images of celtic illumination work. It's very distinctly different than any of the other styles, something I guess I had overlooked in the past.
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