Crusader Shield Celtic Knotwork Tattoo Design camel the society

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a Christogram

Fashioned after the armor worn by knights called a greave

A new twist on a classic high cross shape

is here woven into an intricate ring of Celtic knotwork as the center of a knotwork cross

Crusader Shield Celtic Knotwork Tattoo Design camel the societyThe evocative image of a red Crusader cross placed inside a heraldic shield. Known since c. 1280 as the Jerusalem cross, it is a five fold cross here encircled by a custom weave of Celtic knotwork, shaped to fit the shield. The Latin text in the bar above is from the Lord's prayer FIAT VOLUNTAS TUA, "Thy will be done." Ephesians 6: 12 "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the