. Popular tales of the West Highlands : orally collected. 400 CELTIC ART. nothing like it in Scandinavia. For a similar reasonit was not brought by the Kormans, Anglo-Saxons, orEomans ; stones and manuscripts on which it occurs,are older than the Saracenic period; and unless theCelts brought the germ of it from the^ far East, withtheir religion and language, and their popular tales,it is hard to explain the occurrence of similar easternanimals, monsters, and runic knots on the sculpturedstones of Scotland, and on Hindu bronzes. There are j^lenty of cases in which Greek or Italianart can be tra
. Popular tales of the West Highlands : orally collected. 400 CELTIC ART. nothing like it in Scandinavia. For a similar reasonit was not brought by the Kormans, Anglo-Saxons, orEomans ; stones and manuscripts on which it occurs,are older than the Saracenic period; and unless theCelts brought the germ of it from the^ far East, withtheir religion and language, and their popular tales,it is hard to explain the occurrence of similar easternanimals, monsters, and runic knots on the sculpturedstones of Scotland, and on Hindu bronzes. There are j^lenty of cases in which Greek or Italianart can be traced in the Hebrides. The ornamentfigured below, is from a stone which was found in theancient stronghold of the MacDonalds in Islay. It is rude enough, much broken, and the stone isworn away, seemingly by the hands of those who usedit. It is very old, but the style of ornament is not Part of the edge of a hollowed stone, found about 1S30 under the ruinsat the east end of the chapel on the island in Loch Fionnlagain, thechief place of the JLicDonalds in Islay. The inside of the chapel wasa place of burial, and this looks like a holy-water font. It is the style which is to be found in wooden Nor-wegian churches, said to be as old as a. d. 1100, and WEST HIGHLAND STORIES. 4OI which is characteristic of more modern N^orwegiaucarving, on knife handles, powder-horns, wooden chests,and such like articles. A glance at the followingwoodcut will shew what is meant.
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