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CELTIC PENTAGRAM- Earrings- Sterling Silver

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:17:55 -0500

$32.00
Pentagram surrounded by Celtic knot-work.

These Celtic Pentagram earrings are shipped attached to an attractive Display Card.

Size: 3/4inch/1.9cm in diameter
Ear Wire: Sterling Silver

Pentagrams were used symbolically in ancient Greece and Babylonia. The pentagram has magical associations, and many people who practice Neopagan faiths wear jewelry incorporating the symbol. Christians once more commonly used the pentagram to represent the five wounds of Jesus,and it also has associations within Freemasonry.

The pentagram has long been associated with the planet Venus, and the worship of the goddess Venus, or her equivalent. It is also associated with the Roman word lucifer, which was a term used for Venus as the Morning Star, associated with the bringer of light and knowledge. It is most likely to have originated from the observations of prehistoric astronomers. When viewed from Earth, successive inferior conjunctions of Venus plot a nearly perfect pentagram shape around the zodiac every eight years.

CELTIC CHI RHO KNOTS- Earrings- Sterling Silver

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:17:55 -0500

$28.00
The Chi Rho knot-work image came from what is known as the "Chi Rho page" from the Book of Kells.

To see the Chi Rho page from the Book of Kells:
http://www.nd.edu/~medvllib/facsintro/irishmss/kells.html
http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/ARTH/ARTH212/book_of_kells.html

These Chi Rho Knot earrings are shipped attached to an attractive Display Card.

Size: 1inch/2.5cm in diameter
Ear Wire: Sterling Silver

The Book of Kells (Irish: Leabhar Cheanannais) (Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS A. I. (58), sometimes known as the Book of Columba) is an illuminated manuscript in Latin, containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables. It was transcribed by Celtic monks ca. 800. The text of the Gospels is largely drawn from the Vulgate, although it also includes several passages drawn from the earlier versions of the Bible known as the Vetus Latina. It is a masterwork of Western calligraphy and represents the pinnacle of Insular illumination. It is also widely regarded as Ireland's finest national treasure.

Celtic- St. John Cross- Earrings- Sterling Silver

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:17:55 -0500

$32.00
A beautiful tiny detail from the Book of Kells portrait of Saint John on page 291v., positioned below the hand of the Evangelist. In the original it is not much bigger than the size of a postage stamp.

The St. John Cross earrings are shipped attached to an attractive Display Card describing the item.

Size: 1inch/2.5cm in diameter
Ear Wire: Sterling Silver

The Book of Kells (Irish: Leabhar Cheanannais) (Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS A. I. (58), sometimes known as the Book of Columba) is an illuminated manuscript in Latin, containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables. It was transcribed by Celtic monks ca. 800. The text of the Gospels is largely drawn from the Vulgate, although it also includes several passages drawn from the earlier versions of the Bible known as the Vetus Latina. It is a masterwork of Western calligraphy and represents the pinnacle of Insular illumination. It is also widely regarded as Ireland's finest national treasure.

CELTIC KNOT WORK- Earrings- Sterling Silver

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:17:54 -0500

$32.00
A beautiful knot-work image from the Book of Kells.

These knot work earrings are shipped attached to an attractive Display Card.

Size: 3/4inch/1.9cm in diameter
Ear Wire: Sterling Silver

The Book of Kells (Irish: Leabhar Cheanannais) (Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS A. I. (58), sometimes known as the Book of Columba) is an illuminated manuscript in Latin, containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables. It was transcribed by Celtic monks ca. 800. The text of the Gospels is largely drawn from the Vulgate, although it also includes several passages drawn from the earlier versions of the Bible known as the Vetus Latina. It is a masterwork of Western calligraphy and represents the pinnacle of Insular illumination. It is also widely regarded as Ireland's finest national treasure.

CELTIC HOUNDS- Earrings- Sterling Silver

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:17:54 -0500

$32.00
These beautiful images of Celtic Hounds are from the Book of Kells.

These Celtic Hound earrings are shipped attached to an attractive Display Card.

Size: 1inch/2.4cm in diameter
Ear Wire: Sterling Silver

The Book of Kells (Irish: Leabhar Cheanannais) (Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS A. I. (58), sometimes known as the Book of Columba) is an illuminated manuscript in Latin, containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables. It was transcribed by Celtic monks ca. 800. The text of the Gospels is largely drawn from the Vulgate, although it also includes several passages drawn from the earlier versions of the Bible known as the Vetus Latina. It is a masterwork of Western calligraphy and represents the pinnacle of Insular illumination. It is also widely regarded as Ireland's finest national treasure.

CELTIC TRIQUETRA KNOT WORK- Earrings- Sterling Silver

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:17:54 -0500

$32.00
A beautiful Triquetra knot-work image from the Lindisfarne Gospels.

These knot work earrings are shipped attached to an attractive Display Card.

Size: 3/4inch/1.9cm in diameter
Ear Wire: Sterling Silver

The Lindisfarne Gospels is an illuminated Latin manuscript of the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The manuscript was produced on Lindisfarne in Northumbria in the late 7th century or early 8th century, and is generally regarded as the finest example of the kingdom's unique style of religious art, a style that combined Anglo-Saxon and Celtic themes, what is now called Hiberno-Saxon art, or Insular art. The manuscript is complete (though lacking its original cover), and is astonishingly well-preserved considering its great age.

Historical use of the Triquetra image:

Germanic paganism-
The triquetra has been found on runestones in Northern Europe and on early Germanic coins. It presumably had pagan religious meaning and it bears a resemblance to the Valknut, a symbol associated with Odin.

Celtic art-
The triquetra is often found in Insular art, most notably metal work and in illuminated manuscripts like the Book of Kells. The fact that the triquetra very rarely stood alone in medieval Celtic has cast a reasonable doubt on its use as a symbol in context where it was used primarily as a space filler or ornament in much more complex compositions. But Celtic art lives on as both a living folk art tradition and through several revivals. This widely recognized knot has been used in for the past two centuries a sign of special things and persons that are threefold, such as Mother, Daughter and Grandmother - Past, Present and Future -and especially the Holy Trinity, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. [1]

Christian use-
The symbol was later used by Christians as a symbol of the Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit). This appropriation was particularly easy because the triquetra conveniently incorporated three shapes that could be interpreted as Christian Ιχθυς symbols.

A common representation of the symbol is with a circle that goes through the three interconnected loops of the Triquetra. The circle emphasizes the unity of the whole combination of the three elements.

CELTIC TRIQUETRA KNOT WORK- Earrings- Sterling Silver

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:17:54 -0500

$32.00
This beautiful Triquetra knot-work image from the Book of Kells.

These knot work earrings are shipped attached to an attractive Display Card.

Size: 3/4inch/1.9cm in diameter
Ear Wire: Sterling Silver

Historical use of the Triquetra image:

Germanic paganism-
The triquetra has been found on runestones in Northern Europe and on early Germanic coins. It presumably had pagan religious meaning and it bears a resemblance to the Valknut, a symbol associated with Odin.

Celtic art-
The triquetra is often found in Insular art, most notably metal work and in illuminated manuscripts like the Book of Kells. The fact that the triquetra very rarely stood alone in medieval Celtic has cast a reasonable doubt on its use as a symbol in context where it was used primarily as a space filler or ornament in much more complex compositions. But Celtic art lives on as both a living folk art tradition and through several revivals. This widely recognized knot has been used in for the past two centuries a sign of special things and persons that are threefold, such as Mother, Daughter and Grandmother - Past, Present and Future -and especially the Holy Trinity, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. [1]

Christian use-
The symbol was later used by Christians as a symbol of the Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit). This appropriation was particularly easy because the triquetra conveniently incorporated three shapes that could be interpreted as Christian Ιχθυς symbols.

A common representation of the symbol is with a circle that goes through the three interconnected loops of the Triquetra. The circle emphasizes the unity of the whole combination of the three elements.

CELTIC OBAR LEAMHNACH SPIRALS- Earrings- Sterling Silver

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:17:54 -0500

$32.00
This beautiful image of spirals comes from the center of the ancient pictish cross otherwise known as the Obar Leamhnach Stone dating from 800AD in Aberlemno Kirkyard, Scotland.

The Leamhnach spiral earrings are shipped attached to an attractive Display Card.

Size: 3/4inch/1.9cm in diameter
Ear Wire: Sterling Silver

CELTIC TRIPLE SPIRAL- Earrings- Sterling Silver

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:17:54 -0500

$32.00
The triple spiral or triskele image symbol is sometimes called the spiral of life. It is a Celtic and pre-Celtic symbol found on a number of Irish Megalithic and Neolithic sites.

These triple spiral earrings are shipped attached to an attractive Display Card.

Size: 3/4inch/1.9cm in diameter
Ear Wire: Sterling Silver

The triple spiral triskelion symbol emerges from the white core. The triskelion is an ancient symbol that has numerous meanings: all trinities, the cycles of life (birth-death-rebirth), the phases of the moon (waxing-waning-full), the forces of land/sea/sky, the three aspects of dependent relationship (Buddhism), the continuous movement of time, the sun, the womb, the Neolithic Mother Goddess, the Celtic god of the sea and psychopomp Manannan Mac Lir, and a symbol of balance among life’s threefold divisions (Neopaganism).

HORUS- Earrings- Sterling Silver

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:17:30 -0500

$32.00
Horus is a god of the Ancient Egyptian religion, most commonly known by the Greek version Horus, of the Egyptian Heru/Har. Horus was an ancient and important deity. He was also the son of Isis and Osiris. The Eye of Horus became an important Egyptian symbol of power. Horus had a man's body and a falcon's head. Horus fought with Set (mythology) for the throne of Egypt. In this battle one of his eyes was injured and later it was healed by Isis. This healing of the eye became a symbol of renewal. Horus united Egypt and bestowed divinity upon the pharaohs who were viewed as incarnations of Horus in life.

The Horus earrings are shipped attached to an attractive Display Card describing the item.

Size: 1inch/2.5cm in length
Ear Wire: Sterling Silver

ASIAN CARP- Earrings- Sterling Silver

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:17:14 -0500

$32.00
In Japan the carp symbolizes strength, perseverance, and the courage and ability to attain high goals while overcoming life’s difficulties- leading to consequent success.

Symbol: Good Luck, Success, Long Life and Persistence

The Asian Carp earrings are shipped attached to an attractive Display Card describing the item.

Size: 7/8inch/2.2cm in length
Ear Wire: Sterling Silver

ASIAN CARP- Earrings- Bronze

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:17:14 -0500

$22.00
In Japan the carp symbolizes strength, perseverance, and the courage and ability to attain high goals while overcoming life’s difficulties- leading to consequent success.

Symbol: Good Luck, Success, Long Life and Persistence

The Asian Carp earrings are shipped attached to an attractive Display Card describing the item.

Size: 7/8inch/2.2cm in length
Ear Wire: 14kt Gold Filled

SALMON- Earrings- Sterling Silver