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One very basic form of Celtic or pseudo-Celtic linear knotwork.

For alternative forms, see Image:Celtic-knot-basic-linear.png , 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 .

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