Кой седи на коня зад свети Георги?
Who Rides on the Horseback Behind Saint George?

Summary/Abstract: In Bulgarian church painting after 15th c. there are images of St. George striking the dragon with a small figure sitting on the horseback behind the Saint. They are associated with one of the miracles of the Saint who saved a boy from barbarian capture. The analysis of the Greek and Slavonic texts of the four miracles concerning this subject proves that the earliest paintings emerged on the basis of the Miracle with the youth from Mytilene. A certain motif taken from the Damascene version of the Miracle with the son of Leon of Paphlagonia was added in the later centuries to the iconographic composition. The resulting contamination appeared on numerous icons from the time of Bulgarian cultural revival.

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