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Holy Bishopric of Morphou: St George, Church of the Holy Cross of Ayiasmati (6-6,54)
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St George with Christ who appears in a stylised sky and blesses the saints. St George is rendered as the Byzantine iconographical type known as the 'Diasorites', astride his white steed, fully armed and imperious, crossing a river or a lake full of fish. Riding pillion behind him is the tiny figure of George of Mytilene, carrying a jug in his left hand and a towel over his shoulder.
Title: Holy Bishopric of Morphou: St George, Church of the Holy Cross of Ayiasmati (6-6,54)
Description:
St George with Christ who appears in a stylised sky and blesses the saints.
St George is rendered as the Byzantine iconographical type known as the 'Diasorites', astride his white steed, fully armed and imperious, crossing a river or a lake full of fish.
Riding pillion behind him is the tiny figure of George of Mytilene, carrying a jug in his left hand and a towel over his shoulder.
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