Balance Z-Rod Pictish Tattoo Design geometry The scientist for whom this

The scientist for whom this pattern was created as a symbol of frontier optics research explains it thus: "To me

Thus the Great Winged Disc is a fusion of solar and kingly dominion

stands in holy ground outside Saint Patrick's Slane Abbey there

These surrounded and framed a small piece on an upper back (erased in photo)

This particular pattern was found on the shield of King Raedwald

Balance Z-Rod Pictish Tattoo Design geometry The scientist for whom thisA 6th century Pictish carving on the Rodney standing stone near Brodie Castle in Moray, Scotland depicts the balance of two great warring clans. This symbol is a doubled disc and Z rod, memorializing the time when they came together and joined forces, creating a stronger Pictish Nation.