Thames and Hudson, London 1995
160 pp, 242 illustrations
ISBN 0-500-27827-X

The Tree of Life is one of the most popular and enduring motifs of Celtic Art, found both on Northumbrian and Celtic crosses and on illuminated manuscripts. Portrayed variously as the Golden Bough, vine, or mistletoe, the Celtic tree typically springs from a container representing the womb of Nature and branches into spiralling Horns of Plenty. This book explores the Tree's rich symbolism, showing how the patterns are formed and what they mean.
The Tree is...all that lasts, stays true - and remains put -
throughout all the fragility...of happenstance
- from the Introduction