germanic raven brooch gotland right bronze Luifels - tentharingen en touw The grips are constructed from

The grips are constructed from American oak and the blades are painted with gold paint

The Order of St Benedict provides a middle ground between the practical aspects of monastic communal life and individual spiritual growth

With the leather laces at the front and the buckles at the side

but simultaneously a maximum flexibility of the hands and fingers

owing to the colour of their habit

germanic raven brooch gotland right bronze Luifels - tentharingen en touw The grips are constructed fromThis German raven brooch is based on an original excavated on the Swedish island of Gotland. Germanic ravens like this were worn all over Europe between the 4th and 11th centuries. It was one of the ravens of the Germanic god Wodan, the Viking god Odin.