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Details: Condition: New Material: Cold Cast Bronze Resin Height: 27 cm - 10,6 inches Width: 26 cm - 10,2 inches Length: 15 cm - 5,9 inches Weight: 2200 g The legend of Saint George & the Dragon tells of Saint George (died 303) taming & slaying a dragon that demanded human sacrifices. The story goes that the dragon originally exhorted tribute from the villagers. When they ran out of livestock & trinkets for the dragon, they started giving up a human tribute once a year. This was acceptable to the villagers until a well-loved princess was chosen as the next offering. The saint thereupon rescues the princess chosen as the next offering. The narrative was first set in Cappadocia in the earliest sources of the 11th & 12th centuries, but transferred to Libya in the 13th-century Golden Legend. The narrative has pre-Christian origins (Jason & Medea, Perseus & Andromeda, Typhon, etc.), & is recorded in various saints' lives prior to its attribution to St. George specifically. It was particularly attributed to Saint Theodore Tiro in the 9th & 10th centuries, & was first transferred to Saint George in the 11th century. The oldest known record of Saint George slaying a dragon is found in a Georgian text of the 11th century. The legend & iconography spread rapidly through the Byzantine cultural sphere in the 12th century. It reached Western Christian tradition still in the 12th century, via the crusades. The knights of the First Crusade believed that St. George, along with his fellow soldier-saints Demetrius, Maurice & Theodore, had fought alongside them at Antioch & Jerusalem. The legend was popularised in Western tradition in the 13th century based on its Latin versions in the Speculum Historiale & the Golden Legend. At first limited to the courtly setting of Chivalric romance, the legend was popularised in the 13th century & became a favourite literary & pictorial subject in the Late Middle Ages & Renaissance, & it has become an integral part of the Christian traditions relating to Saint George in both Eastern & Western tradition. GRI 145-73533A4 ΑΓ. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ 29Χ27 ΕΚ - 67 Saint George & The Dragon - Legend Rescues Princess As Next Offering Cold Cast Bronze Resin
