Image Collection: Basic Knotwork Designs

Source/Visual Index:

The index below is sorted by the source for the original pattern, and shows a "thumbnail" version of the underlying knot. Please click on any of the links shown to see clip art from the site using this pattern.

Original Source:	Source Notes:	Basic Pattern:	Clip Art Link:
Durham Gospels	AII.10, folio 3V.		Knotwork Tiles 4, Tile 27
Book of Durrow	Folio 86R.		Knotwork Tiles 2, Tile 14
	Folio 125V (Plate 6).		Knotwork Tiles 2, Tile 15
	Folio 125V.		Knotwork Tiles 1, Tile 3
	Plus others.		Knotwork Tiles 4, Tile 26
	Also known as the "Celtic Lovers Knot"		Knotwork Tiles 2, Tile 13
	Folio unknown.		Knotwork Tiles 4, Tile 29
	Eagle evangelist page, Folio 94R.		Knotwork Tiles 4, Tile 30
Book of Kells	Folio 114V.		Knotwork Tiles 2, Tile 16
	Capital T, Folio 124V.		Knotwork Tiles 1, Tile 4
	Folio 114V, and many others.		Knotwork Tiles 3, Tile 17
	Folios 3R, 4R.		Knotwork Tiles 4, Tile 25
	Folio 3R, right hand column.		Knotwork Tiles 3, Tile 23
	Large capital T, Folio 124R.		Knotwork Tiles 3, Tile 20
	Folio 2V, 129V, and 290V.		Knotwork Tiles 3, Tile 21
	Folio 290V, similar to Woodwray Stone design.		Knotwork Tiles 1, Tile 6
Book of Lindisfarne	Folio 210.		Knotwork Tiles 3, Tile 19
	Folio 95, considered popular motif.		Knotwork Tiles 4, Tile 25
	Folios F27 (center), 2B, 94B.		Knotwork Tiles 2, Tile 11
	Folio 27 (and others).		Knotwork Tiles 1, Tile 4
	Folios 13B, 14, 95.		Knotwork Tiles 3, Tile 24
	Folio 13, and many others.		Knotwork Tiles 3, Tile 22
	Folio 13.		Knotwork Tiles 3, Tile 23
	Folios 94B, 95.		Knotwork Tiles 4, Tile 26
	Folio 210B.		Knotwork Tiles 3, Tile 21
	Theme from Folio 11B.		Knotwork Tiles 4, Tile 28
	Folio 27, right side.		Knotwork Tiles 1, Tile 5
St. Chad's Gospels	Folio 221.		Knotwork Tiles 4, Tile 25
Great Wheel-Cross of Corbelin	Front of stone cross, Margram Abbey, Glamorganshire.		Knotwork Tiles 4, Tile 31
Lärbro Stone (1)	Front of carved stone, Gotland, Sweden.		Knotwork Tiles 4, Tile 32
Leek Stone	Plus many others...		Knotwork Tiles 3, Tile 23
Maiden Stone	Also called "Double Stafford Knot".		Knotwork Tiles 3, Tile 18
Meigle Stone	Also known as the "Celtic Lovers Knot"		Knotwork Tiles 2, Tile 13
Monifeith Stone	Also found on Ardagh Broach.		Knotwork Tiles 1, Tile 7
Norham Stone	Similar to one on Lindisfarne Folio 27.		Knotwork Tiles 1, Tile 5
Tarbat Stone	Compare pattern with Lindisfarne F27 above, located at: Knotwork Tiles 2, Tile 11.		Knotwork Tiles 2, Tile 12
St. Vigean's Stone	Front of Stone Number 1.		Knotwork Tiles 2, Tile 9
St. Vigean's Stone	Side of Stone Number 1.		Knotwork Tiles 2, Tile 10
Woodwray Stone	Similar to one on the Nigg Stone and Kells 290V.		Knotwork Tiles 1, Tile 6
Ardagh Broach	Simplest of what [Meehan2] refers to as the "spiral knots"--found many places.		Knotwork Tiles 3, Tile 22
Ardagh Broach	Also found on Monifeith Stone.		Knotwork Tiles 1, Tile 7
Monymusk Reliquary	Simplest of what [Meehan2] refers to as the "spiral knots"--found many places.		Knotwork Tiles 3, Tile 22
Viking Style	First knotwork border from "Spirit of the Past".		Knotwork Tiles 4, Tile 33
	Second knotwork border from "Spirit of the Past".		Knotwork Tiles 4, Tile 34
	Third knotwork border from "Spirit of the Past". Rounded, Viking version of the pattern found on the Ardagh Broach.		Knotwork Tiles 3, Tile 22
Unknown	First try at Durrow 125V. See above for correct pattern...		Knotwork Tiles 1, Tile 2
	Based on R. Allen "Foundation Knot" No. 2.		Knotwork Tiles 1, Tile 1
	[Meehan2] refers to these as "Spiral Knots".		Knotwork Tiles 1, Tile 8

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