SELLING A LIFETIME COLLECTION OF OLD BOOKS AND MAPS VINTAGE PRINT 113 YEARS OLD ST GEORGE AND THE DRAGON ST GEORGE AFTER SLAYING THE DRAGON THIS PRINT PUBLISHED IN 1910 The episode Saint George and the Dragon appended to the hagiography of Saint George was Eastern in origin,brought back with the Crusaders and retold with the courtly appurtenances belonging to the genre of Romance. The earliest known depictions of the motif are from tenth- or eleventh-century Cappadocia and eleventh-century Georgia; previously, in the iconography of Eastern Orthodoxy, George had been depicted as a soldier since at least the seventh century. The earliest known surviving narrative of the dragon episode is an eleventh-century Georgian text. The dragon motif was first combined with the already standardised Passio Georgii in Vincent of Beauvais' encyclopedic Speculum Historiale, and then Jacobus de Voragine's Golden Legend (ca 1260) guaranteed its popularity in the later Middle Ages as a literary and pictorial subject.The legend gradually became part of the Christian traditions relating to Saint George and was used in many festivals thereafter AUTHENTICITY: This is an original vintage print published at the date stated above. I do not offer reproductions. It is not a modern copy. The term 'original' when applied to a print means that it was printed at the first or original date of publication; it does not imply that the item is unique. 'Print' means any image created by applying an inked block to paper or card under pressure by any method including wood engraving, steel engraving, copperplate, wood cut and lithography. Condition Print is 16 x 13cm Clean and bright I Ship Worldwide UK Postage £1.95 (secure packing) Other European Countries £3.95 Airmail USA £4.95 Airmail See more of my collection at http://stores.ebay.co.uk/peters-rarebooks Bid with confidence 100% money back guarantee if item not as described