Collecting Celtic Knot Jewelry

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Article Title: Collecting Celtic Knot Jewelry
Author: janet ashby
Category: Jewelry, Collecting
Word Count: 522
Keywords: celtic knot silver jewelry,celtic knot history,celtic knot jewelry,celtic knot meanings,
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The symbols and meanings of Celtic knot designs are loved by people from all over the world. Many people find it fascinating to collect gold or silver Celtic knot jewelry with particular symbols, for instance the triquetra or trinity knot, while others collect sets with all types of Celtic designs. It can provide more significance to your collection if you understand something about the history and folklore of the Celtic nation who used these designs in their day by day life on their jewelry and everyday objects. Even though meanings of Celtic knot designs are, in general, lost to us, nonetheless a great deal is recognized about the history of the Celtic people.

The time of Celtic history dating from roughly 600 AD. in Great Britain after the Roman Era, identified as the Insular Art period, saw an explosion of jewelry design and crafting. Craftsmen used precious metals to assemble many intricately designed pieces adorned with the well known Celtic knots but also animals and spiral symbols. Besides jewelry, illustrated manuscripts were produced, the most illustrious of which is the Book of Kells. Stone crosses were carved with Celtic symbols and are seen all over the British Isles, in Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Designers of Celtic Knot jewelry in the present day are motivated by the things that were produced during this period, taking their ideas from the illustrated texts, relics and stone crosses still seen all over the land in our day. Irish designers are skillful in producing fine jewelry in gold and silver, bearing the convoluted designs so treasured by the Celts long ago. They embellish their jewelry with the intricate knots seen in these ancient relics.

The earliest meanings of a lot of of the designs have been lost to us and various meanings have been fabricated by modern people, so discovering the earliest meaning of many of the designs is tricky and in many cases unachievable. However historians can be of the same opinion on a small number of things about the Celtic knot designs. The elaborate knots signify the way in which all things are inter-connected and also epitomizes God's perpetual love. The Book of Kells is splendidly illustrated in bold colours with Celtic knots. The Celtic knot is conceivably, the most well known and most commonly prized Celtic representation and is a feature of a lot of pieces of fine Celtic knot jewelry including earrings, silver Celtic crosses, wedding bands and pendants.

Trinity knots, or triquetra, are repeatedly seen in objects from the Insular Art period especially in illuminated manuscripts, for example the book of Kells, and in metal work. It was as a rule used in combination with other knots and was time and again used as a space filler rather than a stand alone design. In recent times the triquetra has developed into a Christian symbol that represents the Holy Trinity or as a sign of particular threefold things such as mother, daughter and granddaughter.

Whichever designs of Celtic jewelry you decide to collect you will have a fascinating collection with a history that goes back through the centuries to the times of King Arthur and the early Britains.

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