Thames and Hudson, London 1992
160 pp, over 400 illustrations
ISBN 0-500-27662-5

The interlaced beasts, birds and serpents of Celtic art grew from a fusion of European traditions. Tracing the development of zoomorphic decoration, we can re-learn this traditional art language of motifs ranging from griffins to greyhounds. Dynamic Celtic animal patterns from all over Northern Europe are illustrated, their construction explained in detail as we are invited to share in this rediscovery of long-hidden designs.

An art form can be shared by many people across
boundaries of culture, even of time itself; it remains
intelligible to one who has learnt to read the form
-from the Introduction