The Unicorn in Captivity The seven individual hangings known as "The Unicorn Tapestries," are among the most beautiful and complex works of art from the late Middle Ages that survive. Luxuriously woven in fine wool and silk with silver and gilded threads, the tapestries vividly depict scenes associated with a hunt for the elusive, magical unicorn. "The Unicorn in Captivity" may have been created as a single image rather than part of a series. In this instance, the unicorn probably represents…

Did you know “The Unicorn in Captivity,” on view at #TheCloisters museum and gardens, was featured in “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince”? The Unicorn in Captivity (from the Unicorn Tapestries), 1495–1505. South Netherlandish. #metmuseum #BacktoHogwarts #HarryPotter #Hogwarts

A MILLE FLEURS TAPESTRY WITH A UNICORN AND A STAG IN A FIELD OF FLOWERS

The enigmatic story of the Unicorn Tapestries, whose multifarious medieval symbolism still beguiles.

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Unicorn have been described since antiquity. The medieval unicorn is a wild creature, a sybol of purity and grace. Tiles based on the medieval unicorn tapestries.

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New York City, Metropolitan Museum, The Cloisters The Unicorn Tapestries on “the hunt of the unicorn” Series of seven Flemish tapestries from around 1500 CE

Unicorn have been described since antiquity. The medieval unicorn is a wild creature, a sybol of purity and grace. Tiles based on the medieval unicorn tapestries.