St. Basil the Great who banned tattooing in the 4th century AD

Woodblock print of tattoo design from Carswell's 1958 book Coptic Tattoo Designs

Coptic design at left and two Jerusalem Cross designs

Coptic Christian woman with traditional tattoos

Above two images are early Bosnian Catholic women with tattoos on arms and chest

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