Image:Knotwork-cross-alternate.svg

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One basic Celtic or pseudo-Celtic knotwork cross. For a probably more authentic version, see Image:Knotwork-cross.svg / Image:Knotwork-cross-multicolored.svg .

For variant forms of basic linear Celtic / Pseudo-Celtic knotwork, see Image:Celtic-knot-basic-alternate.svg , Image:Celtic-knot-basic.svg , 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 .

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