Lacertine

Lacertines, most commonly found in Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, and Insular art, are interlaces created by zoomorphic forms.[1][2][3] While the term "lacertine" itself means "lizard-like,"[4] its use to describe interlace is a 19th-century neologism and not limited to interlace of reptilian forms.[2][5] In addition to lizards,[6] lacertine decoration often features animals such as birds, lions, and dogs.[7][8]

Although examples of lacertine have been found in stone sculpture and architecture,[9][10][11] such as in a fragment from the Church of St. Mary of the Rock,[12][13] it is more comment to find lacertines in illuminated manuscripts.[14] Notable examples of lacertine decoration can be found in the Book of Kells, Book of Durrow, the Lindisfarne Gospels, the Lichfield or St. Chad Gospels, and the Mac Durnan Gospels.[3][14][15]

References
  1. Karkov, Catherine E. (2011). The art of Anglo-Saxon England. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-84383-628-5. OCLC 663952876.
  2. Clarke, Catherine A. M. (2012). Writing Power in Anglo-Saxon England: Texts, Hierarchies, Economies. Vol. 17. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-1-84384-319-1. JSTOR 10.7722/j.ctt81qz9.
  3. Miner, Dorothy (1951). "The Book of Kells". Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions. 8 (4): 3–8. ISSN 0090-0095. JSTOR 29780636.
  4. "lacertine, adj. and n.". Oxford English Dictionary (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. March 2017.
  5. Kessler, Herbert L.; Suckale, Robert (2020). "The Montalcino Bible's Steep Mountain of Mysteries". Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome. 65: 307–371. ISSN 0065-6801. JSTOR 27031301.
  6. Davenport, Cyril (1912). "Illuminated Manuscripts". Journal of the Royal Society of Arts. 60 (3087): 245–251. ISSN 0035-9114. JSTOR 41339989.
  7. Gilbert, John, T. (1879). Sullivan, Edward (ed.). National Manuscripts of Ireland: Account of Facsimiles of National Manuscripts of Ireland, from the Earliest Extant Specimens to A.D. 1719 (2nd ed.). London: H.M. Stationery Office.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. Leyerle, John (1967). "The Interlace Structure of Beowulf". University of Toronto Quarterly. 37 (1): 1–17. doi:10.3138/utq.37.1.1. ISSN 1712-5278. S2CID 162194120.
  9. Allen, J. Romilly (John Romilly); Anderson, Joseph; Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1903). The early Christian monuments of Scotland. Getty Research Institute. Edinburgh, Printed by Neill & co., limited.
  10. Way, Albert (1869). "Notices of Certain Bronze Relics, of a Peculiar Type Assigned to the Late Celtic Period". Archaeological Journal. 26 (1): 52–83. doi:10.1080/00665983.1869.10851446. ISSN 0066-5983.
  11. Megrew, Alden F. (1968). "A Church of Berry: The Abbey of St. Martin at Plaimpied". Gesta. 7: 29–35. doi:10.2307/766606. ISSN 0016-920X. JSTOR 766606. S2CID 193434059.
  12. Kenworthy, J. (1981). "A further fragment of early Christian sculpture from St Mary of the Rock, St Andrews, Fife". Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 110: 356–363. ISSN 2056-743X.
  13. Westwood, J. O. (1853). "On the Distinctive Character of the Various Styles of Ornamentation Employed by the Early British, Anglo-Saxon and Irish Artists". Archaeological Journal. 10 (1): 275–301. doi:10.1080/00665983.1853.10850906. ISSN 0066-5983.
  14. Westwood, John Obadiah; Tymms, William Robert (1868). Fac-similes of the miniatures & ornaments of Anglo-Saxon & Irish manuscripts. London: B. Quartich.
  15. Bain, George (1973). The methods of construction of Celtic art. New York: Dover Publications. p. 101. ISBN 0-486-22923-8. OCLC 695803.


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