Crusader Shield Celtic Knotwork Tattoo Design camel IHS = Jesus

IHS =  Jesus

the complexity of the interlaces like the intertwining notes of music itself

or of steel

A new twist on a classic high cross shape

Fashioned after the armor worn by knights called a greave

Crusader Shield Celtic Knotwork Tattoo Design camel IHS = JesusThe 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