Earliest Irish and English Bookarts: Visual and Poetic Forms before A.D. 1000

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Year of Publication
1994
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Number of Pages
282 pp.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
City
Philadelphia, PA
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ISBN
9780812232202
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Contents: The topic and how it took shape: Soiscel Molaise, main panel Simple uses of "the two true measures of geometry" Reconstructing a form from major fragments Early sets of forms developing "the two true measures" Another reconstruction and some page designs Simple forms starting from the golden ratio Forms starting from two golden rectangles Another form starting from two golden rectangles Some other forms employing the golden ration Two other forms developed from a modular plan A form created from roots of two Some other sets of forms Some forms based mainly on arithmetical proportion An early and a late set of forms Understanding the forms