Gaut's wickerwork
Gaut's wickerwork ( English Gaut's Interlace ) is a form of the Borre style , which appeared around 900 AD on the Isle of Man as a ring chain or knot pattern motif on cross slabs . The style takes its name from the crosses of the stonemason Gaut, who is the West's first Viking artist whose name we know.
The "Gaut's Cross" (Kirk Michael No. 101) on the Isle of Man bears a runic inscription which reads: "Mael Bridge son of Athankan the blacksmith erects this cross for his own soul (and that of his brother's wife") with the addition : "Gaut made this and all in Man" (meaning the whole island). Several crosses in the Old Kirk Braddan , including the "Braddan Cross" also shown on postage stamps , show Celtic cross designs and decorations made from knot patterns . They are creations of the Nordic sculptor, who also used the "Gaut's cross" in the Kirk Andreas No. 99 created. Its inscription reads: "But Gaut son Bjorn the Cooiley (Coll) made it". It is believed that he was the son of a Viking on the Hebrides -Insel Coll was. Gaut's wickerwork also appears on the "Gosforth Cross" in Cumbria .