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This original tattoo pattern combines a traditional Celtic cross with the Maltese cross worn by firemen

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VIRTUTE VICI : "I HAVE CONQUERED BY VIRTUE" read the words on the weathered headstone in the Irish graveyard on which this cross was carved decades ago

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Geometric Tribal Backpiece Tattoo Keypattern and Spirals wren The scientist for whom thisTwo styles of Pictish geometric tribal tattooing are combined in a balanced piece for the upper back. One side is a traditional keymorphic pattern, similar to the Greek key. The other side is Celtic double and triple spirals. Together they form a strikingly bold tribal arch to span the upper body.