Celtic Knots

This page doesn't do justice to the fabulous knots found in Celtic Illuminated Manuscripts, especially the Lindisfarne Gospels and the Book of Kells. In fact the knots and links pictured on this page violate some of the construction principles of Celtic knotwork. KnotPlot wasn't really designed to do Celtic knots, these objects were constructed by splicing together smaller knots under a simple symmetry group.

For better Celtic knots, check out Gerard Manning's Celtic clip art page. Drew Ivan has a fine page on how to draw Celtic knots. Or best of all, take a look at one of the originals.

Go to the KnotPlot Site or Rob Scharein's main WWW page.

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