For the Iconography of Holy Riders – Warrior Saints in Byzantine Sigillography: St. George
Journal: Античная древность и средние века
Year: 2019

The article publishes a Byzantine lead seal from the collection of the State Hermitage Museum with the image of the holy rider – warrior saint. Images of holy riders – warrior saints are known in Byzantine sphragistics in several iconographic types: a horseman with a spear in his hands and a cloak fluttering behind his back; a triumphant sitting on a solemnly walking horse with a spear in his hands; an armed or unarmed rider on a horse galloping. The author suggests that the published seal depic