Saint George
The Ancients
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Staggered Glass
There are various versions of the george story that emerge in the centuries following the four hundreds. The key element we need to bear in mind is who's paying? Who's paying for this story to be written, for it to be depicted, and what is it that's of interest to them? One of the most interesting versions of the life of saint george that we have surviving is a visual record from just before the english civil war. It seems like a saint george the extended edition, or something like that, with the dragon story. And i find it fascinating to ponder william bruge as the commissioner of this work. But the dragons story is not only just one of those
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