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Simple 7-crossing quasi-Celtic linear decorative knot. Date: 2010 (PostScript); 2013 (converted to SVG and uploaded to Commons) Source:
One very basic form of Celtic or pseudo-Celtic linear knotwork. Stone Celtic crosses, such as this, are a major source of knowledge regarding Celtic knot design. Carpet page from Lindisfarne Gospels, showing knotwork detail. Almost all of the folios of the Book of Kells contain small illuminations like this decorated initial.
English: A simple Celtic knot with doubled threads. The design is taken from an ornament in the Lindisfarne Gospels, fol. 211r , where it appears at the base of the P of principium in the opening phrase of the Gospel of John, IN Principium erat uerbum .
For a squarish knot, see Image:Celtic-knot-insquare.svg. For variant forms of a basic (pseudo-)Celtic knotwork cross, see Image:Knotwork-cross.svg, Image:Knotwork-cross-multicolored.svg, and Image:Knotwork-cross-alternate.svg. Date: 2006: Source: Converted from the following PostScript code:
The knot is made up of straight lines which are vertical, horizontal, or at 45° angles, and of circular arcs all of the same radius. If the large circle were to be removed, then the over-under interlacing of the crossings of the horizontal and vertical lines at the center would have to be reversed to preserve the alternation of the knot ...
Version of PD image File:Celtic-knot-insquare-39crossings.svg with red interlacing on black background to serve as vector replacement for File:Celtknot x44.png. Date: 2010: Source: Own work-- Converted from the following vector PostScript source code:
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Aidan Meehan is an Irish artist and author of 18 books on Celtic art and design. [1] [2] including the eight-volume Celtic Design series and Celtic Alphabets, Celtic Borders, The Book of Kells Painting Book, The Lindisfarne Painting Book and Celtic Knots, all published by Thames & Hudson