THE BANNER OF 1893. The banner was designed by the architect from Mataró Josep Puig i Cadafalch. It was a handmade piece of work, of select materials, 7 metres long and 5 metres wide. It weighed about one hundred kilos. In one side you could see the figure of Saint George and the dragon on the four red bars of the catalan flag. On the other side you could see Virgin Mary and the words of Terenci Thos i Codina, on the four red bars as well. At the bottom hanged a fringe of wrought metal. It was a real jewel of the Catalan Modern Style both because of the artist and the design.

THE NEW BANNER. The Grup d'Història del Casal proposes a reproduction of the 1983 banner to return it to Ripoll, to be hanged again from the vault of the central nave of the basilica. We want the reproduction of this work of art in order to recover the historic memory and our artistic patrimony. This will help as well to the praise of the cultural symbol that is the Middle Age Catalonia. We want to recover, with nowadays means, a Modern Style work of art of a high interest that was created in Mataró. The project is based in the designs that Joan B.Parés has recreated through the documentation that the Grup d'Història del Casal has furnished him with: photographs, the designs of Josep Puig i Cadafalch and newspaper description. In fact the design of the new banner are a synthesized fusion of the banner made in 1893 and the original designs of Josep Puig i Cadafalch.

DIFFERENCES FROM THE 1893 ORIGINAL: the representations.

Virgin's side:This is the most modified side, as it had to be redesigned using photographs as a model as there is no original design preserved. The figure of the Virgin Mary has been redesigned more in accordance to the Puig i Cadafalch’s design of Saint George, as the embroidery of 1893 was quite different from the original style.

Saint George's side: This side has been less modified. The 1893 embroidery was very respectful with Puig i Cadafalch’s design. Anyway, it is a synthesized version between the original embroidery and the initial design of the architect from Mataró: The dragon is much more like the original design but the shield is kept as in the embroidery. The figure of a lady, which appeared in the watercolour design, has been recovered with a new interpretation.