“Ha! Unicorn Myth … the operative word being “corn” …
Corny or not the human fell in love with unicorns thirty-seven years ago on a visit to the Cloisters in New York. The Cloisters is a part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the 1930s it was reconstructed from the architechtural elements of several European medieval abbeys. Among the exhibits there is a collection of old tapistries that depict unicorns.
on a hill overlooking the Hudson River at Frot Tryon Park in New York City
THE UNICORN IN CAPTIVITY TAPISTRY
THE HUNT OF THE UNICORN TAPISTRY
THE VIRGIN AND UNICORN
a fresco (1620) by Domenico Zampieri at the Palazzo Farnese, Rome
Video upload to YouTube by DiscoveryNetworks
Gypsy photo courtesy of Karen Fayeth
All of the unicorn tapestry photographs are in the public domain. I believe they are all from the Netherlands circa 15th Century and are now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The photograph of the Italian Fresco is in the public domain.
