green man pendant medieval silvered bronze Fantasy en festival kleding which makes the weapon feel

which makes the weapon feel vividly in the hand

11th–12th century depictions show knights almost exclusively with a split in their hauberks

natuurlijkere vormgeving

Illustrations from the 15th to 17th centuries show both large two-handed flails and shorter

This beautiful spatha is a replica of an early Saxon sword found in 1961

green man pendant medieval silvered bronze Fantasy en festival kleding which makes the weapon feelThis large pendant shows the motif of the 'Green Man', a man's head whose hair and beard are formed from leaves. The motif was characteristic of the sacred art of the high and late Gothic, in which a pagan image continued to live on within a Christian context. The origins of the Green Man reach back to pre Christian times and connect two Celtic traditions: the head cult, in which the head was considered the bearer of all life force, and the mistletoe