Unicorns
Explore these depictions of the legendary and mythical unicorn in European literature and art.
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Capture of a unicorn (coloured drawing). Maiden seated to the right, stroking a unicorn lying beside her. To the left, two youths, one of them with sword and shield stands at the back while the other one brandishes kind of mallet and is about to strike th…
GSM:010007:1; Bildkonst (532); ur samlingarna; …
Unicorn captured by hunters when he has his head in a virgin's lap; "Our Lord Jesus Christ is also a Unicorn spiritually … for, by the sole will of the Father, he came down into the Virgin womb for our salvation". Coloured drawing.
Detail. Capture of a unicorn. Maiden seated to the right with unicorn resting its head on her lap. Youth to the left pierces its flank with spear. Blue background framed with gold. Decorated initial 'U(nicornis)' with red penwork flourishing.
Unicorn.
Unicorn.
Lettering: Doctrine of signatures. Plant resembling a unicorn. From a woodcut of the XVI. century.
Monoceros; mythical beast with unicorn head and paws, horse's body.
Unicorn, with its head in lap of virgin, being speared by huntsmen.
Musterbuch/Miniatur
Apple tree and "Bel". Unicorn and maiden. Church in background.
Unicorn, its head in lap of virgin, speared by huntsmen.
Unicorn, its head in the lap of a virgin, being speared by hunter.
Antiphonar illustration cycle
Pope Honorius IV and a unicorn and eagle with cross.
Ofenkachel/profan
Borders: Unicorn and hunter.
(upper) A unicorn and 3 birds on nests of eggs. [Job 39:10-14].
Lady adjusting blue trappings on unicorn, bridle held by monkey.
Detail. Text: Psalm 38(39). In the margin: unicorn hunt.
Eagle with gold cross dangling from its beak, perched on the back of a unicorn.
Detail. (middle) Huntsman killing unicorn which has its head in virgin's lap. Negro hunter weilding axe.
Full page: lion, wearing helmet, rides on unicorn, with monkey riding pillion.
Helmeted monkey on unicorn and monkey on stag, follow another monkey with spear, who points the way.
Hunter lances unicorn in virgin's lap. Serpents guard golden mountains of India. Colourless chameleon with camel's head, horse's neck.
Full page: lion with helmet, monkey riding pillion, riding on unicorn; they follow monkey on foot.
Decorated initial. Leeping unicorn in lower margin.
Man with spear attacks unicorn in upper margin.
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Belgium. Hainaut. Tournai. Cathédrale Notre-DameCollections de la cathédrale, claveau central de cheminée, avec Dame à la licorne, ca 1470-1480, du musée d'histoire et d'archéologie de Tournai, provient de Saint-Piat de Tournai, origine inconnue (…