St. George on Horseback (BS 01) Ceramic Tile

Image Credit (BS 01): Der heil. Ritter Georg, Martyrer [The. sainted (or holy) Knight George, Martyr], late 19th-century devotional print in chromolithography, originally published by Braun and Schneider, Munich, Germany, from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. + Feast: April 23 + The borders are formed by shields blazoned with the traditional St. George's Cross. The symbol is an old one. In the Middle Ages, representations of Saint George as a crusader knight depicted him bearing such shields with red-on-white crosses. + The shield border is optional. Hide or delete the image file for a solid colored field. + Prefer a different background color? See the suggested coordinating hues on the Color Palette postcard for this image. Color Palette postcards are found in an image's associated COLLECTION and in the Special COLLECTION devoted just to color palettes. Be sure to change the color of the shape (outline and fill) to match!