The Composition of the First Cross Page of the Lindisfarne Gospels: ‘Square Schematism’ and the Hiberno-Saxon Aesthetic
Jacques Guilmain
This study is devoted to analyzing the geometry and spacing of ornamentation cross page fol. 2v Lindisfarne Gospels in relation larger forms composition as a whole. The results do not conform square schematism theory, on basis which proportions have been previously explained. its ornamental organization appear be related compositions Book Durrow, well Romano-British mosaics.
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