File:Lindisfarne StJohn Knot2 3.svg

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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.
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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

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current04:21, 26 March 2006Thumbnail for version as of 04:21, 26 March 2006690 × 600 (37 KB)AnonMoos (talk | contribs)An attempt to upload a more compact version of this file...
16:14, 24 March 2006Thumbnail for version as of 16:14, 24 March 2006359 × 312 (266 KB)Melian (talk | contribs)A simple Celtic knot with doubled threads. The design is taken from the Lindisfarne Gospels (St John ff. 210v-211). Category:Celtic art Category:Lindisfarne Gospels

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