Illuminated E Initial Tattoo with Celtic Design sgian dubh and also their unique identities

and also their unique identities

Interlocking rings

The ancient Scottish Inverurie stone carving of a prancing horse is the starting point for this unique pattern

Captured on an ancestral family crest painted on parchment

Illuminated E Initial Tattoo with Celtic Design sgian dubh and also their unique identitiesThe illuminated text pages in the Book of Kells (c. 800ce) frequently featured one magnificently complex letter beginning a Bible passage. This is the letter E at the start of folio 183r. It features the head of a lion and three snakes, as well as a full body of a lioness, Celtic knot work, and Pictish key patterns. A very ambitious tattoo.