It had little impact at the time, but on its re-issue in 1972 it introduced a generation to Celtic knotwork, the Pictish stones, the Book of Kells and the Book of Durrow.
Tivo pouca repercusión nun primeiro momento, pero a súa reedición en 1971 supuxo unha introdución aos nós celtas, as pedras pictas, o Book of Kells e o Book of Durrow.