Many people throughout the world find the symbols and meanings of Celtic jewelry designs absorbing and love to have a collection of gold or Celtic knot jewelry. There are lots of lovely pieces of jewelry depicting Celtic knots and other Celtic designs and it can be intriguing collecting jewelry with either a specific type of pattern, for example the triquetra, or a collection including all styles. It can provide more value to your collection if you understand something about the history and legends of the Celtic people who used these designs in their day by day life on their jewelry and everyday objects. Although meanings of Celtic knot designs are, in general, lost to us, even so a great deal is recognized about the history of the Celtic people.

The era of the history of the Celts that dates from roughly 600 AD. in Great Britain after the Roman Era, known as the Insular Art period, saw an outburst of jewelry crafting and design. Skilled workers used gold and silver to make many elaborately designed pieces decorated with the famous Celtic knots but also animals and spiral designs. Other than jewelry, illustrated manuscripts were produced, the most illustrious of which is the Book of Kells. Stone crosses were carved with the Celtic symbols and could be seen all through the British Isles, in Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Designers of Celtic Knot jewelry nowadays are inspired by the objects that were made in this period, taking their inspiration from the illustrated texts, relics and stone crosses still seen around the land today. Irish craftsmen are accomplished in making exceptional jewelry in gold and silver, bearing the complex designs so treasured by the Celts in the past. They beautify their designs with the convoluted knots seen in these early relics.

The original meanings of many of the designs are lost and various meanings have been fabricated by modern people, so discovering the original meaning of many of the designs is difficult and in several cases not possible. In spite of this historians can be of the same opinion on a small number of things about the Celtic knot designs. The elaborate knots represent how all things are associated and also stand for God’s timeless love. The Book of Kells is richly illustrated in bright colors with Celtic knots. The Celtic knot is possibly, the best known and most extensively cherished Celtic symbol and is a attribute of many pieces of first-rate Celtic jewelry including earrings, silver Celtic crosses, and wedding bands.

Triquetra, or trinity knots are frequently seen in metal objects from the Insular Art period especially in illustrated texts, such as the Book of Kells, and in metal work. It was by and large used in combination with supplementary knots and was time and again used as a space filler instead of a stand alone design. In recent times the triquetra has turned into a Christian symbol representing the Holy Trinity or as a symbol of special threefold things such as mother, daughter and granddaughter.

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