Celtic knots are a variety of (mostly endless) knots and stylized graphical representations of knots used for decoration, adopted by the ancient Celts. These knots are most known for their adaptation for use in the ornamentation of Christian monuments and manuscripts like the 8th century Book of Kells and the Lindisfarne Gospels.
Significance
J. Romilly Allen has identified “eight elementary knots which form the basis of nearly all the interlaced patterns in Celtic decorative art”; however, there is no evidence to indicate that a knot had any specific philosophical or religious significance beyond perhaps the most obvious, that being the intricacy capable in the work of humans, itself reflective of the intricacy of Natural forms. Many items decorated with knotwork have been found in archaeological sites.
Designs
Know Tattoo or Celtic know Tattoo design differs in many aspects from other tattoo design. Usually, this tattoos focuses more on a straight line that is curved and tied as if it was a lace to be tied. It not the usual know like shoe laces. This know is not tightly tied, they are more loose to show the details.
PARTS
Knot tattoo can be inked in different body parts depending on its size. You can place it in you arm, or back or leg or even in you chest or nape.
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