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The style is most commonly associated with the Celtic lands, but it was also practiced extensively in England and was exported to Europe by Irish and Northumbrian monastic activities on the continent. J. Romilly Allen has identified "eight elementary knots which form the basis of nearly all the interlaced patterns in Celtic decorative art". [4] [5]
For variant forms of a basic (pseudo-)Celtic knotwork cross, see Knotwork-cross.svg, Knotwork-cross-multicolored.svg, and Knotwork-cross-alternate.svg. Date: 2006: Source: SVG version of Celtic-knot-basic-linear.png: Author: AnonMoos (PostScript source and PNG); Erin Silversmith (first SVG conversion) SVG development
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
One very basic form of Celtic or pseudo-Celtic linear knotwork; alternative decorative form of Image:Celtic-knot-basic-alternate.svg. Date: 2006: Source: SVG version of Image:Celtic-knot-basic.png This image is converted from the following PostScript code:
A quasi-Celtic ornamental knot which fills a square. For much simpler knotwork which fills a square, see File:Celtic-knot-insquare-green-transparentbg.svg. For alternative visual realization, see File:Celtic-knot-insquare-39crossings red-on-black.svg. Date: 2010: Source: Own work-- Converted from the following vector PostScript source code:
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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 ...
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