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The early Christian monuments of Scotland (1903)

Allen, J. Romilly (John Romilly), 1847-1907, Anderson, Joseph, 1832-1916, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland · Edinburgh, Printed by Neill & co., limited · leaf 326

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e left (No. 313g), are obtained (Nos. 342 and 343). The only difference between Nos. 342 and 343 is that the loops are further apart in the latter than in the former. Combinations of unsym metrical loops are employed very largely in Celtic interlaced-work, chiefly because they are so admirably… … No. 341. No. 340. No. 339. No. 343. No. 342. character, and by observing the relative positions of the loops and the direction of the pointed ends it is easy to distinguish one knot from another. The best method, therefore, of classifying combinations of unsym- metrical loops is by dividing them…

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