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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 .
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
Celtic button knot – a spherical decorative knot; Chain sinnet – method of shortening a rope or other cable; Chain stitch – a sewing and embroidery technique in which a series of looped stitches form a chain-like pattern; Chair knot (Fireman's chair knot) – knot tied in the bight forming two adjustable, lockable loops
Triquetra interlaced with a circle (ribbons or pseudo-Celtic knotwork). This is a traditional Christian Trinitarian symbol, but similar signs are also sometimes used by new agers or neo-pagans (though more often in non-interlaced form, as in Zoso.svg, Triquetra on book cover.jpg, or Triquetra.jpg). In this interlaced form, can be known as the ...
The main problem studied in the book is the use of knot invariants to test whether a loop is knotted or distinguish knots from each other. [1] [2] It has seven short chapters, [3] separated by "interludes" providing examples including Celtic knots, knotted papercraft, neckties, ropework, torus knots, and a form of the trefoil knot that can only sit on a plane with two points in contact.
The triquetra is often used artistically as a design element when Celtic knotwork is used, especially in association with the modern Celtic nations. The triquetra, also known as a "Irish Trinity Knot", is often found as a design element in popular Irish jewelry such as claddaghs and other wedding or engagement rings.
Intricate Celtic knotwork in the 1200-year-old Book of Kells. Archaeologists have discovered that knot tying dates back to prehistoric times. Besides their uses such as recording information and tying objects together, knots have interested humans for their aesthetics and spiritual symbolism.