Illuminated E Initial Tattoo with Celtic Design sgian dubh and the sage

and the sage

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

Captured on an ancestral family crest painted on parchment

Interlocking rings

brave as the knight himself

Illuminated E Initial Tattoo with Celtic Design sgian dubh and the sageThe 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.