IN 2003 AND 2007, TWO UNUSUAL VIKING-AGE BROOCHES were discovered during metal-detector surveys on Sjælland (Zealand), Denmark. The brooches depict a horseman killing a serpent-like animal with his spear. The stylised beast is clearly associated with the Urnes style, dating to c ad 1050–1100, and the meaning of the motif is discussed in the context of early medieval dragon-slayer narratives and imagery. The acceptance and transformation of Classical and Byzantine iconographic traditions of equestrian saints has a long history in continental Germanic and Scandinavian art. In the Migration and Merovingian periods these images were incorporated into a pagan iconography, but the Urnes style was used in contexts which were definitively Christian, and it is possible that the two Danish brooches represent a very early depiction of Saint George in Scandinavia. Together with other finds, they add new perspectives to our understanding of the adoption of Christian iconography and narratives in Scandinavia.

2003 年和 2007 年，在丹麦 Sjælland（新西兰）的金属探测器调查中发现了两个不寻常的维京时代胸针。胸针描绘了一个骑手用他的长矛杀死一条蛇状动物。程式化的野兽显然与 Urnes 风格有关，可追溯到 c ad1050-1100，在中世纪早期屠龙叙事和意象的背景下讨论了主题的含义。对马术圣人的古典和拜占庭肖像传统的接受和转变在日耳曼和斯堪的纳维亚大陆艺术中有着悠久的历史。在移民和墨洛温王朝时期，这些图像被纳入异教肖像画中，但 Urnes 风格被用于绝对基督教的背景下，这两个丹麦胸针可能代表了斯堪的纳维亚半岛的圣乔治的早期描绘。与其他发现一起，它们为我们理解斯堪的纳维亚半岛采用基督教图像和叙事增添了新的视角。