Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

582. MS M.399, fol. 293v

ca. 1515

Da Costa hours
Illuminated by Simon Bening (1483/84–1561)

Ghent, Belgium
172 x 125 mm
MS M.399, fol. 293v

Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913), 1910

George of Cappadocia: Slaying Dragon―A nimbed George of Cappadocia, wearing armor and a white tunic inscribed with a red cross, is mounted on a horse. With a lance, he transfixes a dragon, which is lying amid bones strewn on the ground. In the distance, the Princess of Trebizond, stands on a hill raising both hands. Beyond, several figures, including a king, look on from a tower in a castle. In the background to the left are buildings of a city.
The scene is framed by a border decorated with garlands that have floreate ornament. A pendant (possibly a pilgrim badge) is in the left border attached to two garlands. The pendant has an image of Christ raising His right hand in blessing and holding a cross-staff. In the lower border, a pendant with an image of the Crucifixion is attached to two garlands. A fly is in the lower border.