St George To The Rescue

[poliphilo]

St George intervenes to rescue the crusader William Belet and his squire from the Saracens (at a  battle near Antioch in 1097) on the tympanum over the south door of St. George's Fordington, Dorchester. According to tradition the adoption of St George as England's patron saint can be dated from this incident.

Great story. Fabulous example of early medieval art.


 

Comments

[athenais.livejournal.com]

Fantastic artwork and story! I cleaned up the photo to make the image a little easier to see: http://pics.livejournal.com/athenais/pic/0000cqwz/

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thank you. That's great. The carving is easier to see in your clean-up than it was in real life.