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Uploading a CORRECT vector conversion from original PostScript source! 04:44, 31 August 2006: 450 × 160 (4 KB) Erin Silversmith == Summary == One very basic form of Celtic or pseudo-Celtic linear knotwork. For alternative forms, see Image:Celtic-knot-basic-linear.png, Image:Bar-knot-basic-decorative.png, and Image:Celtic-knot-basic-rectangular ...
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
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.
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
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.
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The endless knot or eternal knot is a symbolic knot and one of the Eight Auspicious Symbols. It is an important symbol in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. It is an important cultural marker in places significantly influenced by Tibetan Buddhism such as Tibet, Mongolia, Tuva, Kalmykia, and Buryatia. It is also found in Celtic, Kazakh and Chinese ...
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 ...