The Pictish School of Celtic art from pagan symbols to monumental sculptures, thoroughly covered and illustrated. An indispensable reference book and practical textbook for the art student and craftsman seeking simple constructional methods for laying out complex ornamental schemes.

The entire chronology of symbols is embraced from spirals through to chevrons, step patterns and keys to knotwork interlacings which are unique to this particular Celtic school. There are also sections dealing with zoomorphics, plant and human forms, authentic Celtic knitwear, carpets, ceramics and other areas in which the author pioneered in his day. The book also deals with the Pictish School of artist-craftsman who cut pagan symbols like the Burghead Bull and in the early Christian era designed such superb examples of monumental sculpture as the Aberlemno Cross and the counter-parts in the Books of Kells and Lindisfarne, the amazing jewellery conceptions of the Tara and Hunterston Brooches, the Ardagh Chalice and other masterpieces.