Final Award of Arms

Design

Celtic, based upon The Book of Kells. The inner border design is adapted from the cross on the back of the Ulbster stone, Caithness, c. 0599. The square elements of the cross are rearranged to form a border. The outer corners are an original knotwork design. The spiral design in the center of each border is from "Celtic Art, The Methods of Construction" by George Bain, Plate 4 (pg 62), from the Aberlemno Stone. The initial capital 'P' is my own design for an archer.

Hand

Insular majuscule from Drogin, pg 111.

Related References

• Book of Kells (TCD MS 58) — Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections — Full digitization of TCD MS 58 with zoomable images of every folio.
• Aberlemno Sculptured Stones — Historic Environment Scotland — Official scholarly site for the four Pictish stones at Aberlemno, with imagery and dating discussion (especially the kirkyard cross-slab Bain treats).
• Ulbster Stone (MHG1406) — Highland Historic Environment Record — Official Highland Council heritage record for the Ulbster Stone with archaeological description and dating.
• Celtic Art, the Methods of Construction — George Bain (Internet Archive) — Borrowable Internet Archive scan of Bain's 1951 manual, the canonical 20th-c. reconstruction of Celtic knotwork geometry.