"Raven Rests at Lindisfarne" Intaglio Etching, 5" x 7"

"Raven Rests at Lindisfarne" Intaglio Etching, 5" x 7"

In 793, a Viking raiding party headed for Lindisfarne. They carried with them two caged ravens. When they believed that land was near the ravens were freed. Ravens are intelligent and would return to the ship if no land was close. If the raven spotted land he flew straight for it.
Normally, Raven would be blamed for man’s cruelties. But today Raven was just looking for a place to rest, he found the perfect spot atop a cross, little did he know he had led the Viking to a sacred monastery. The Vikings would continue to kill for the next 300 years.
“In this year fierce, foreboding omens came over the land of North Umbria. There were excessive whirlwinds, lightning storms, and fiery dragons were seen flying in the sky. These signs were followed by great famine, and on January 8th the ravaging of heathen men destroyed God's church at Lindisfarne.”
From the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle