Carpet page
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Carpet pages are an early Medieval form of illuminated manuscript ornamentation that typically comes at the beginning of each of the four Gospels in the New Testament, especially in books in the Insular style. Carpet pages are wholly devoted to ornamentation with brilliant colors, active lines, and complex patterns. Some art historians have found ties between the Insular carpet pages and Middle Eastern decorative text pages and stamped leather book bindings, Oriental carpets, and European metalwork as found on book covers or book shrines.
[edit] Further reading
- Alexander, J.J.G. A Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in the British Isles: Volume One: Insular Manuscript’s from the 6th to the 9th Century. London England: Harvey Miller. 1978.
- Brown, Michelle P. Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts: A Guide to Technical Terms. Malibu, California: The J. Paul Getty Museum. 1994.
- Laing, Lloyd and Jennifer. Art of the Celts: From 700 BC to the Celtic Revival. Singapore: Thames and Hudson. 1992.
- Megaw, Ruth and Vincent. Celtic Art: From its Beginnings to the Book of Kells. New York: Thames and Hudson. 2001.
- Nordenfalk, Carl. Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Painting: Book Illumination in the British Isles. 600-800. New York: George Braziller Publishing. 1977.
- Pacht, Otto. Book Illumination in the Middle Ages. England: Harvey Miller Publishers. 1984.
