Masters of the Dark Eyes Missal undergone rebinding during the 19th century and are now covered in a dark blue Morocco with gilded decorations. This illuminated medieval manuscript is currently in the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. The contents of the manuscript include illuminated miniatures and Flemish-style borders that feature flowers, insects, and jewels. Most of the written pages have two columns with 33 lines in red ink and Gothic Bastarda calligraphy. The image shows a page from the missal for the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin. The initial "S" commencing the "Introit" is historiated with a scene showing the presentation. The historiated
Art in Medieval Scotland include St Martin's Cross on Iona, the Kildalton Cross from the Hebrides and the Anglo-Saxon Ruthwell Cross. Through the Hiberno-Scottish mission to the continent, insular art was highly influential on subsequent European Medieval art, especially the decorative elements of Romanesque and Gothic styles. Viking art avoided naturalism, favouring stylised animal motifs to create its ornamental patterns. Ribbon-interlace was important and plant motifs became fashionable in the tenth and eleventh centuries. Most Scottish artefacts come from 130 "pagan" burials in the north and west from the mid-ninth to the mid-tenth centuries. These include jewellery, weapons and occasional elaborate high status items.