OK one last note on the rug, as the thread is really about the costume. I spent a fair bit of time sounding out all the words. Although I can read them, put together the way they are they don't make any sense. Oh well, I guess I will have to find my quest for enlightenment somewhere besides from props used on a TV Series, Dang it!!!
Thanks again for sharing the wonderful cosplay pictures.
EDIT: I consulted with a friend, and he found that he could translate the outer ring around the scorpion. He says it is from Psalm 91, and is some sort of older middle ages scipt. It roughtly translates to "O thou that dwellest in the covert of the Most High, and abidest in the shadow of the Almighty" על שחל ופתן תדרך תרמס כפיר ותנין