File:Celtic-knot-basic.svg

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Description

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:

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Author

AnonMoos.

Permission
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Other versions

For version with no background, see Image:Celtic-knot-basic-edit.svg
For variant forms, see Image:Celtic-knot-basic-linear.svg , Image:Celtic-knot-twoloops-bigends.svg , Image:Bar-knot-basic-decorative.png , and Image:Celtic-knot-basic-rectangular.png.
For variant forms of a basic (pseudo-)Celtic knotwork cross, see Image:Knotwork-cross.svg , Image:Knotwork-cross-multicolored.svg , and Image:Knotwork-cross-alternate.svg .

File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	20:51, 7 May 2013	800 × 258 (2 KB)	AnonMoos	further simplify
	17:37, 17 April 2013	800 × 258 (3 KB)	AnonMoos	white only near knot
	12:27, 18 December 2006	800 × 258 (3 KB)	AnonMoos	adding white background
	19:57, 5 September 2006	800 × 258 (3 KB)	AnonMoos	segregating file "defs" for preferred SVG coding style (vector data remains unchanged)
	19:31, 2 September 2006	800 × 258 (3 KB)	AnonMoos	Oops, previous version was flipped (i.e. a vertical mirror-reflection) with respect to PNG (not that it makes too much difference...)
	19:40, 31 August 2006	800 × 258 (4 KB)	AnonMoos	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.png. Generated by