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| Keywords: Borromean-cross.png A Borromean cross which contains four Borromean rings configurations arranged in a cross shape This means that no two circles are directly interlinked and cutting the central loop frees the other four circles This could be interpreted as a Christian symbol since it combines the cross with the Borromean rings often used as a symbol of the Christian Trinity However a similar design not Borromeanly-linked is found as a Japanese mon in Handbook of Design and Motifs 1950 and may be occasionally used as a neo-pagan five worlds symbol For another image on the Borromean rings + cross theme see File Cross-Trinity-Borromean-interlinked svg For an indefinitely extended Borromean chain-mail pattern see Image Borromean-chainmail-tile png Generated by means of the following PostScript code <pre> 300 396 translate 12 5 setlinewidth /A 85 0 360 arc closepath stroke def 0 0 75 0 360 arc closepath stroke -100 0 A 100 0 A 1 setgray 18 setlinewidth 0 -100 A 0 100 A 0 setgray 12 5 setlinewidth 0 -100 A 0 100 A 0 0 75 23 5 44 arc 1 setgray 18 setlinewidth stroke 0 0 75 22 5 45 arc 0 setgray 12 5 setlinewidth stroke 0 0 75 -44 -23 5 arc 1 setgray 18 setlinewidth stroke 0 0 75 -45 -22 5 arc 0 setgray 12 5 setlinewidth stroke 0 0 75 136 155 5 arc 1 setgray 18 setlinewidth stroke 0 0 75 135 157 5 arc 0 setgray 12 5 setlinewidth stroke 0 0 75 -156 5 -136 arc 1 setgray 18 setlinewidth stroke 0 0 75 -157 5 -135 arc 0 setgray 12 5 setlinewidth stroke -100 0 85 38 5 59 arc 1 setgray 18 setlinewidth stroke -100 0 85 37 5 60 arc 0 setgray 12 5 setlinewidth stroke -100 0 85 -59 -38 5 arc 1 setgray 18 setlinewidth stroke -100 0 85 -60 -37 5 arc 0 setgray 12 5 setlinewidth stroke 100 0 85 121 141 5 arc 1 setgray 18 setlinewidth stroke 100 0 85 120 142 5 arc 0 setgray 12 5 setlinewidth stroke 100 0 85 -141 5 -121 arc 1 setgray 18 setlinewidth stroke 100 0 85 -142 5 -120 arc 0 setgray 12 5 setlinewidth stroke showpage EOF</pre> 2007 AnonMoos For other Trinity crosses see Image Cross-Bottony-Heraldry svg Image Triquetra-Cross png Image Celtic-Cross-Vodicka-decorative-triquetras-red svg and perhaps Image Cross-Flory-Heraldry svg Borromean-cross svg Knots and links on white background Borromean crosses Black line knots and links | ||||
