Illuminated E Initial Tattoo with Celtic Design sgian dubh brave as the knight himself

brave as the knight himself

a beautiful pattern by the Welsh artist Jen Delyth that has the potential to be a stunning backpiece

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

The triune god within the tree is seen in records as early as the settlement of the Indus basin at Harappa and Mohenjo Daro from ancient Sumer ca 2000 BCE

taken from the opening page folio 29r of the Saint Matthew's Gospel in the 9th century illuminated manuscript

Illuminated E Initial Tattoo with Celtic Design sgian dubh brave as the knight himselfThe 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.