File:Borromean interlaced torcs Wayland knot.svg

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Català: Dibuix aproximat del nus de Wayland
English: A decorative form of the Borromean rings, but with elements which are not fully closed; this is occasionally called "Wayland's knot".
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self-made (drawn from scratch based loosely on the depictions seen in the images at http://www.math.toronto.edu/~drorbn/Talks/Oporto-0407/KnotsInLisboa.html and http://www.mialagothic.co.uk/page27.htm ).

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setlinewidth stroke grestore stroke -145.706 25.5 24
0 360 arc closepath fill -145.706 -25.5 24 0 360 arc
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torc -120 rotate torc -120 rotate torc -120 rotate
-49 0 110 15 60 arc 1 setgray 36 setlinewidth stroke
-49 0 110 14 61 arc 0 setgray 28 setlinewidth stroke
-49 0 110 239 286 arc 1 setgray 36 setlinewidth stroke
-49 0 110 238 287 arc 0 setgray 28 setlinewidth stroke
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Author AnonMoos
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For PNG version, see File:Weylandknot.png.

For other symbols composed of Borromeanly-interlaced elements which are not closed, see Image:Three-Crescents-Diane-Poitiers.png , Image:Snoldelev-three-interlaced-horns.svg , Image:COA_Ednowain_ap_Bradwen,_Lord_of_Merioneth.svg etc.

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