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bistort

(Polygonum bistorta, also called adderwort, dragonwort or snakeweed with roots in the form of dragon heads and a bear’s paw)

medical and herbal writings, England or France 12th century.

British Library, Sloane 1975, fol. 48r

(via medieval)

Saint George and the Dragon… Hungarian contemporary artist, b.2006 :D

Saint George killing the dragon. Coptic icon, Syrians Monastery, Wadi-al-Natroun, Egypt

Look at the angel helping him!

Saint George killing the dragon by Kolozsvári Márton and György, 1373, bronze, Cluj Napoca (Kolozsvár), Romania (the original is in the Hradcány, the Castle of Prague)

Saint George and the Dragon by Paolo Uccello, ca 1470, oil on canvas, 55.6 x 74.2 cm, National Gallery, London

(painting of the month in the National Gallery, April 2011)