Horn Mutilation
The following extract is taken from notes written by Francois Levaillant, a French author, explorer and naturalist. I had not yet taken a near view of the horned cattle which (the herdsmen) brought with them, because at the break of the day they strayed to the thickets and pastures, and were not brought back by [...]
La Dame à la Licorne
The Lady and the Unicorn (French: La Dame à la licorne) is the modern title given to a series of six tapestries woven in Flanders of wool and silk, from designs drawn in Paris in the late fifteenth century. The suite, on display in the Musée du Moyen-Âge, is often considered one of the greatest [...]
The Unicorn and the White Doe
Unicorn with bursting heart Breath of love has drawn: On his desolate crags apart, At rumour of dawn, Has blared aloud his pride This long age mute, Lurched his horn from side to side, Lunged with his foot. `Like a storm of sand I run Breaking the desert’s boundaries, I go in hiding from the [...]
Foure-Footed Beastes
It is sayd that Unicorns above all other creatures, doe reverence Virgines and young Maides, and that many times at the sight of them they growe tame, and come and sleepe beside them, for there is in their nature a certain savor, wherewithall the Unicornes are allured and delighted: for which occasion the Indian and [...]