Illuminated E Initial Tattoo with Celtic Design sgian dubh The ancient Scottish Inverurie stone

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

and the sage

It was an unusually large white oak tree that grew from the 12th or 13th century until it fell in a storm in 1856

Illuminated E Initial Tattoo with Celtic Design sgian dubh The ancient Scottish Inverurie stoneThe 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.