Nowożytna ikonografia wybranych świętych depczących smoka (z kręgu łacińskiego). Szkic
Modern Iconography of Selected Saints Trampling the Dragon (from the Latin Word): A Sketch

Summary/Abstract: The most frequent representations of the victory achieved against the dragon as the personification of Satan, sinful lusts, temptations, or heresy in Christian art of the Latin world, shows the defeat of this creature (or its substitute) by means of a cross, sword or spear, however while rarely by means of by the gesture of calcatio, that is by tram- pling. In Catholic tradition Mother of God, Archangel Michael and Saint Margaret trample the dragon, and its substitute. This article only sketches the problem because its subject is very broad, but despite this modesty, it brings the truth about the victory possible only thanks to the power of God.

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