Carpet pages

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Carpet pages are highly decorative, full-page illuminated designs in medieval manuscripts, characterized by intricate interlacing patterns and rich symbolism, often resembling ornate textiles.

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Carpet pages canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf decorative manuscript page ⓘ
manuscript illumination type ⓘ
medieval art form ⓘ
artForm illumination ⓘ
associatedWith Christian iconography ⓘ
Islamic geometric ornament ⓘ
monastic scriptoria ⓘ
culturalContext Byzantine Christianity ⓘ
Insular Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Celtic Christianity

early Islamic art ⓘ
developedIn Insular art tradition ⓘ
early medieval period ⓘ
foundIn Book of Durrow ⓘ
Book of Kells ⓘ
Byzantine Gospel books ⓘ
linked to: Codex Basilensis

Lindisfarne Gospels ⓘ
early Qurʾan manuscripts ⓘ
hasCharacteristic absence of narrative scenes ⓘ
central cross motifs in Christian examples ⓘ
dense ornamentation ⓘ
full-page design ⓘ
geometric ornament ⓘ
highly decorative ⓘ
interlace of animals and birds in Insular examples ⓘ
intricate interlacing patterns ⓘ
resemblance to ornate textiles ⓘ
rich symbolism ⓘ
symmetrical composition ⓘ
hasFunction devotional focus ⓘ
meditative aid ⓘ
status symbol for the manuscript ⓘ
visual marker of textual divisions ⓘ
hasMaterial parchment ⓘ
hasTechnique gold illumination ⓘ
pigment painting ⓘ
influenced Romanesque ornamental pages ⓘ
later manuscript decoration ⓘ
influencedBy Celtic interlace patterns ⓘ
Germanic animal style ⓘ
eastern Mediterranean ornament ⓘ
textile design ⓘ
timePeriod 10th century ⓘ
7th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
usedIn Byzantine manuscripts ⓘ
Insular Gospel books ⓘ
linked to: Lindisfarne Gospels

Islamic manuscripts ⓘ
medieval manuscripts ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Book of Kells → hasFamousPage → Carpet pages ⓘ