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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:
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
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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.
Date: 2006: Source: Own work: Author: User:Melian: Other versions: For a simple "single-stranded" version of this basic pattern (formed from straight lines and circular arcs, and fitting exactly within an equilateral triangle), see File:Three-figure8-knot triang2.svg
Printable version; Page information; Get shortened URL; Download QR code; ... Simple 7-crossing quasi-Celtic linear decorative knot. Date: 2010 (PostScript); 2013 ...
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:
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 ...