St. George's Day Jumbo Mug (Nuremberg Version)

Gift an Englander, a person of English descent, an Anglophile, or yourself with a jumbo mug from Saints_Aplenty on Zazzle on St. George's Day (April 23)! The choice is yours whether to add a colourful background to this handsome mug or to leave it as is! + Our St. George and the Dragon is a modern colourized version of an antique woodcut from The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum). Written by Hartmann Schedal, The Chronicle is an illustrated, encyclopaedic account of world history to the end of the 15th century (and beyond to the Last Judgment). Its content was derived from mythology, the Bible, and various Mediaeval Chronicles. It was published in the city of Nuremberg by Anton Koberger in July 1493 in Latin and, a few months later, in December in vernacular German. The Chronicle is especially noteworthy for its unprecedented use of illustrations: 645 original woodcuts were produced for its publication. While many woodcuts were reused more than once in the text with the captions simply changed, nevertheless, the volume boasts 1089 pictures in toto. Some copies have contemporary hand-coloured illustrations. + Between our main images is a shield blazoned with the traditional St. George's Cross. The symbol is an old one. In the Middle Ages, representations of Saint George as a crusader knight depicted him bearing such shields with red-on-white crosses. + St. George is the patron saint of England. + Feast: April 23 + Red roses are a traditional gift on St. George's Day. + Image Credit (St. George and the Dragon): This colourized version of the Nuremberg woodcut is a Saints_Aplenty Exclusive (SAE). + Image Credit (St. George's Shields): Saints_Aplenty. + Image Credit (Roses): By Saints_Aplenty with some elements adapted from the licensed package “Roses vector. Roses flower. Roses SVG. Roses flower SVG” by IrinaShishkova from TheHungryJPEG.