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Hávamál | Norse Wisdom Wall Art | Viking Quote Raven Canvas | Illuminated Manuscript Print | Parchment Library Decor

Hávamál | Norse Wisdom Wall Art | Viking Quote Raven Canvas | Illuminated Manuscript Print | Parchment Library Decor

$57.99 USD
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**CATTLE DIE, KINSMEN DIE, YOU YOURSELF MUST ALSO DIE. BUT THE FAIR FAME NEVER DIES OF ONE WHO HAS EARNED IT.**

That is stanza 76 of the Hávamál, written down around eight hundred years ago and not noticeably softened since. It is not a motivational slogan. It is a flat statement that everything you own and everyone you know is temporary, followed by a single exception — what people say about you afterwards, if you deserved it.

We set it as an illuminated page: scorched parchment with burnt edges, a black raven perched on a gnarled branch at the centre against a gold knotwork arch, a valknut in a roundel below, Elder Futhark runes running down both margins, and a dense gold-and-black knotwork border with small beast-heads in the corners.

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PRINT OPTIONS

You can bring this piece home in the format that suits your space:

• POSTER PRINT — professional-grade 200 GSM matte photo paper, UV-resistant archival inks, shipped rolled in a protective tube and ready to frame your way.
• STRETCHED CANVAS — gallery-wrapped over a sturdy 1.25" frame with a black border for extra depth and contrast, hanging hardware pre-installed.
• FRAMED CANVAS — your stretched canvas finished in a solid wood frame in your choice of colour, with hardware already fitted. The frame adds roughly 1/2" on each side.

Every format uses fade- and UV-resistant archival inks on sustainably sourced materials, so the parchment keeps its warmth and the gold keeps its depth.

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SIZES AVAILABLE
*(Vertical / portrait orientation — width × height)*

• XS — 8 × 12 in | 20.3 × 30.5 cm
• Small — 12 × 18 in | 30.5 × 45.7 cm
• Medium — 16 × 24 in | 40.6 × 61.0 cm
• Large — 20 × 30 in | 50.8 × 76.2 cm
• XL — 24 × 36 in | 61.0 × 91.4 cm

Not sure which size suits your wall? Use the size guide image for a visual reference.

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WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT

• It is built as an object, not a quote graphic. Scorched, foxed parchment with genuinely burnt edges, dark serif capitals set top and bottom, and the attribution — HÁVAMÁL — cut small beneath.
• The raven at the centre is finely worked in ink, every feather drawn, perched in profile on a gnarled branch with curling vine and a gold knotwork arch rising behind it.
• A valknut sits in a gold roundel directly beneath the branch — Odin's knot, three interlocking triangles, the mark this verse belongs to.
• Both side margins carry vertical columns of **Elder Futhark runes**, and the full border is dense gold-and-black Norse knotwork with a small beast-head in each corner and a knot medallion top and bottom centre.
• The warm parchment palette makes it the one piece in this line that hangs in a study, library or living room without announcing itself — an illuminated norse manuscript wall art for a study rather than a themed wall.
• It gives with real weight. A viking wisdom quote canvas as a retirement or mentor gift, a graduation present, or something for a father who would find anything sentimental unbearable.

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PRINT QUALITY

Every print is made with fade-resistant, UV-resistant archival inks on premium, sustainably sourced paper or canvas. Stretched and framed canvases are gallery-wrapped over sturdy stretcher bars with pre-installed hanging hardware, so your art arrives ready for the wall — no trip to the frame shop required.

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A WORD FROM US

The Hávamál is mostly practical advice — how much to drink at another man's table, why you should not trust a sleeping snake, the exact value of a friend. Then, without warning, it stops being practical and says this. Cattle die, kinsmen die, you die. The only thing that outlasts any of it is what you were actually like, in the memory of people who were there. We printed it on something that looks as if it has survived a fire, because that felt about right. Explore the rest of our Norse and Viking collection for more, and reach out any time.

Please note: due to differences in monitor settings and display calibration, actual print colors may vary slightly from what you see on screen.

Some product images in this listing — including lifestyle mockups and styled scene photographs — were generated with the assistance of artificial intelligence. Any people appearing in these images are AI-generated renderings and are not real individuals.

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