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7. Day, Cyrus Lawrence, 1900-1968.
     Quipus and witches' knots; the role of the knot in primitive and ancient
   cultures. With a translation and analysis of "Oribasius. De laqueis.".
   Lawrence, University of Kansas Press, 1967.
       UCSC  McHenry   GR950.K6D3
 

1. Baker, Arthur.
     Celtic hand stroke by stroke : (Irish half-uncial from the Book of Kells)
   : an Arthur Baker calligraphy manual / Arthur Baker ; with an introduction
   by William Hogarth.  New York : Dover Publications, 1983.
     Series title:  Dover pictorial archive series.
       UCD   Main Lib  NK3610 .B34 1983
       UCSC  McHenry   NK3610 .B34 1983
  

2. The Book of Kells : forty-eight pages and details in color from the
   manuscript in Trinity College, Dublin / selected and introduced by Peter
   Brown.  New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson, 1981.
       UCSC  McHenry   ND3359.K4B652 1981

3. The Book of Kells : reproductions from the manuscript in Trinity College,
   Dublin / with a study of the manuscript by Francoise Henry.  1st American
   ed.  New York : Knopf, 1974.
       UCSC  McHenry   ND3359.K4B65 1974  

4. The Book of Kells : selected plates in full color / edited by Blanche
   Cirker.  New York : Dover Publications, c1982.
       UCSC  McHenry   ND3359.K4 B67 1982

5. MacAvoy, R. A.
     The book of Kells / R.A. MacAvoy.  Toronto ; New York : Bantam, 1985.
     Series title:  A Bantam spectra book 25260-7.
     Series title:  Bantam Spectra novel.
     Series title:  A Bantam book.
       UCSC  McHenry   PS3563.A2533 B66 1985
       UCSC  Spec Coll PS3563.A2533 B66 1985 Santa Cruziana

6. Sullivan, Edward, Sir, bart., 1852-1928.
     The Book of Kells,.  London, New York [etc.] "The Studio" ltd., 1914.
       UCSC  Spec Coll ND3359.B7S8 Oversize

7. Sullivan, Edward, Sir, bart., 1852-1928.
     The Book of Kells, described by Sir Edward Sullivan, bart. With 24 colour
   reproductions from the original pages. Foreward by J.H. Holden.  [5th ed.].
   London, New York, Studio Publications [1952].
       UCSC  McHenry   ND3359.B7 S8 1952
 

1. Fanciful victorian initials : 1,142 decorative letters from "Punch" / edited
   by Carol Belanger Grafton.  New York : Dover Publications, 1984.
     Series title:  Dover pictorial archive series.
       UCSC  McHenry   NK3625.V53 F36 1984

2. Johnson, A. F. (Alfred Forbes)
     Decorative initial letters, collected and arranged with an introduction by
   A. F. Johnson.  London, The Cresset Press, 1931.
       UCSC  Spec Coll Z1023 .J66

3. Nesbitt, Alexander, 1901-
     Decorative alphabets and initials.  New York, Dover Publications [1959].
       UCSC  McHenry   NK3600.N39
  
4. Stiebner, Erhardt D.
     Initials and decorative alphabets / Erhardt D. Stiebner and Dieter Urban.
   Poole, Dorset : Blandford Press ; New York, N.Y. : Distributed in the United
   States by Sterling Pub. Co., 1985.
       UCSC  McHenry   NK3630 .S74 1985

5. Treasury of authentic art nouveau alphabets, decorative initials, monograms,
   frames, & ornaments / edited by Ludwig Petzendorfer.  New York : Dover
   Publications, 1984.
     Series title:  Dover pictorial archive series.
       UCSC  McHenry   NK3625.A73 T73 1984
 

4. Delamotte, F. (Freeman Gage), 1814-1862.
     The book of ornamental alphabets, ancient and mediaeval, from the eighth
   century, with numerals; including Gothic; church text, large and small;
   German arabesque; initials for illumination, monograms, crosses, etc.,...
   5th ed.  London, C. Lockwood and co., 1863.
       UCSB  Library   Z113 .D4 Printers Coll
 
8. Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879.
     Masterpieces of the early printers & engravers. A series of facsimiles
   from rare and curious books, remarkable for illustrative devices, beautiful
   borders, decorative initials, printers' marks, elaborate title-pages, &c....

   London, H. Sotheran & Co., 1870.
       UCB   EnvDesign f Z240 .H9
       UCB   LibSchLib f Z240 .H9
       UCLA  URL       * Z 240 H88m
       UCR   Rivera    f Z240 .H93 Cage
       CSL   Main Lib  f 760 H9 General Coll
 

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6. Green, Miranda J.
     Symbol and image in Celtic religious art / Miranda Green.  London ; New
   York : Routledge, c1989.
       UCSC  McHenry   N6842 .G7 1989

8. Jacobsthal, Paul, 1880-1957.
     Imagery in early Celtic art,.  London, H. Milford [1942].
     Series title:  The Sir John Rhys memorial lecture, British Academy, 1941.
       UCSC  McHenry   N6240.J2

14. Pobe, Marcel, 1907-
      The art of Roman Gaul; a thousand years of Celtic art & culture.
    Photography by Jean Roubier.  [Toronto] University of Toronto Press [1961].
        UCSC  McHenry   N5849.P613

15. Stead, I. M. (Ian Mathieson)
      Celtic art in Britain before the Roman conquest / I. M. Stead.  London :
    British Museum Publications, 1985.
        UCSC  McHenry   N6762 .S73 1985

16. Laing, Lloyd Robert.
      Later Celtic art in Britain and Ireland / Lloyd Laing.  Princes
    Risborough, Aylesburg, Bucks : Shire Publications, 1987.
      Series title:  Shire archaeology 48.
        UCSC  McHenry   N5925.L35 1987



1. Bain, Iain.
     Celtic knotwork / Iain Bain.  London : Constable, 1986.
       UCD   Main Lib  NK1264 .B32 1986
 

17. Salaman, Malcolm Charles, 1855-1940.
      The graphic arts of Great Britain; drawing, line-engraving, etching,
    mezzotint, aquatint, lithography, wood-engraving, colour-printing, ed. by
    Charles Holme; text by Malcolm C. Salaman.  London, New York [etc.]
    "Studio" ltd., 1917.
        UCSC  McHenry   NK959.H6