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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:
Printable version; Page information; Get shortened URL ... Simple 7-crossing quasi-Celtic linear decorative knot. Date: 2010 ... Simple 7-crossing quasi-Celtic linear ...
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One basic form of Celtic or pseudo-Celtic linear knotwork (an extended form of Image:Celtic-knot-basic.svg with two big loops at the ends). For alternative forms, see Image:Celtic-knot-basic-linear.svg, Image:Bar-knot-basic-decorative.png
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 ...
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.