Comments on: Early Syrian Plaitwork and Celtic Knots http://strontium90.wordpress.com/2006/03/09/plaits-knots/ Sat, 01 Jul 2006 16:09:56 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Steve http://strontium90.wordpress.com/2006/03/09/plaits-knots/#comment-14 Steve Sun, 21 May 2006 18:44:52 +0000 http://strontium90.wordpress.com/2006/03/09/plaits-knots/#comment-14 Great blog post. After looking for mosaic tile art on the web for hours, I finally found your blog very worthwhile. Great pictures of mosaic tile art. Thank you. Regards-Steve http://www.mosaictile-art.com Great blog post.
After looking for mosaic tile art on the web for hours, I finally found your blog very worthwhile.
Great pictures of mosaic tile art. Thank you.
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]]> By: ahnaqsh http://strontium90.wordpress.com/2006/03/09/plaits-knots/#comment-7 ahnaqsh Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:23:37 +0000 http://strontium90.wordpress.com/2006/03/09/plaits-knots/#comment-7 Thanks for an enlightening article Strontium90. Y'know, I was gonna ask you to stop writing about politics and religion and write things about more interesting stuff; I am really interested in reading what you have to say, especially on computers. Thanks again for the post. :D Thanks for an enlightening article Strontium90. Y’know, I was gonna ask you to stop writing about politics and religion and write things about more interesting stuff; I am really interested in reading what you have to say, especially on computers. Thanks again for the post. :D

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Syrian Blogsphere in a week http://strontium90.wordpress.com/2006/03/09/plaits-knots/#comment-6 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Syrian Blogsphere in a week Sun, 12 Mar 2006 10:54:21 +0000 http://strontium90.wordpress.com/2006/03/09/plaits-knots/#comment-6 [...] Away from politics, Strontium has an interesting post about Celtic knots, with a very valid theory that Syrian architecture in the Hellenistic and Roman periods may be the unknown origin for this style of ornamentation. Plaitwork, which is a pattern of interwoven unknotted cords, is the earliest known form of knotwork. Plaitwork is not unique to the Celts, examples are found in many cultures. By breaking the plait’s cords and reattaching them, knotwork patterns can be derived. The first examples of this practice can be observed in early 8th century in Italy, but many examples of plaitwork and primitive knots can be found in early Syrian art from Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods. [...] [...] Away from politics, Strontium has an interesting post about Celtic knots, with a very valid theory that Syrian architecture in the Hellenistic and Roman periods may be the unknown origin for this style of ornamentation. Plaitwork, which is a pattern of interwoven unknotted cords, is the earliest known form of knotwork. Plaitwork is not unique to the Celts, examples are found in many cultures. By breaking the plait’s cords and reattaching them, knotwork patterns can be derived. The first examples of this practice can be observed in early 8th century in Italy, but many examples of plaitwork and primitive knots can be found in early Syrian art from Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods. [...]

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