Celtic

(kĕl'-)
n.
A subfamily of the Indo-European language family comprising the Insular and the Continental branches.

adj.
Of or relating to the Celtic people and languages.

Epithet of the peoples now identified as Bretons, Cornish, Irish, Manx, and Scots Gaels, originally Aryans. Early Celtic art seems to have become widespread, or widely influential, from c. C5 bc throughout the Rhineland, Central Europe, the Balkans, and Northern Italy, then in France, Ireland, and Britain c. C3 bc. Later, during the first millennium ad, its art-forms embraced influences from Byzantium, Early Christian, Etruscan, Greek, Oriental, and Syrian precedents. Characteristic elements are abstract patterns such as the triquetrac (triangular three-lobed form of interlaced crescents), triskele (Y-shaped forms), and trumpet-pattern (trumpet shapes with sinuous forms between), complex interlaced stalks and ribbons, knots, spirals, and highly stylized flora and fauna. Celtic art influenced other styles, especially Anglo-Saxon, Hiberno-Romanesque, and Romanesque architectural enrichment, and reached its highest architectural development between c.650 and c.1150 with masterpieces such as the Bewcastle Cross, Cumb. (C7).

Bibliography

• Lewis & Darley (1986)
• Jane Turner (1996)

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - keltisk
n. - Kelt, en som taler keltisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
Keltisch

Français (French)
adj. - celte, celtique, gaélique
n. - (Ling) Celte

Deutsch (German)
adj. - keltisch
n. - Kelte, Keltisch (Sprache)

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κελτικός

Italiano (Italian)
celtico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - céltico

Русский (Russian)
кельтский

Español (Spanish)
adj. - céltico
n. - celta

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - keltisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
凯尔特族的, 凯尔特语的, 凯尔特人, 凯尔特语

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 凱爾特族的, 凱爾特語的
n. - 凱爾特人, 凱爾特語

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 켈트 사람의, 켈트어의
n. - 켈트 사람, 켈트어

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ケルト語
adj. - ケルト人の, ケルト語の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) كلتي, يعود الى سكان بريطانيا القدماء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קשור לקלטים‬
n. - ‮קלטית (שפה), קבוצת שפות - בעיקר סקוטית (גלית), ולשית ואירית‬

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celtic	Celtic Cross
Celtic Design	Celtic Knot