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An important image not on that site is this 6-7thC icon from Vinica,
Macedonia of SS. Christopher & George:
http://www.pmf.ukim.edu.mk/PMF/Chemistry/art/t-hristof.jpg
George is to the right in this 7th C Sinaii icon:
http://nauplion.net/Sinaii-page.htm
My favorite is this glorious 14thC Russian icon from the British Museum:
http://nauplion.net/George.html
DW
John Dillon wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>On Saturday, April 22, 2006, at 10:34 pm, Phyllis wrote:
>
>
>
>>Today (23. April) is the feast day of:
>>
>>George (d. c. 303) As we've been hearing lately, a very popular
>>saint. Although he probably never fought a dragon, George appears
>>to
>>have been a genuine martyr, killed at Lydda (modern Lod, Israel).
>>His acta add that G. was a Roman army officer, was killed and
>>resurrected no fewer than three times, fire from heaven destroyed
>>the
>>local governor after he had G. beheaded, etc.
>>
>>
>
>For those who have not already had enough of G., David Woods' page on
>him includes several translated texts from this saint's hagiographic
>dossier as well as various images of him, a select bibliography, and a
>link to an abbreviated, English-language translation of the
>seventh-century Life of the recently celebrated Theodore of Sykeon:
>http://www.ucc.ie/milmart/George.html
>
>Best,
>John Dillon
>
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