The Unicorn Tapestries: Mystic Capture Of The Unicorn

This video this examines the Mystic Capture of the Unicorn. From of the Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters, this damaged wall hanging nevertheless highlights the intertwining of sacred and secular themes in the medieval imagination. The iconography of this tapestry is interpreted with the aid of a representation of the annunciation as a unicorn hunt from a Book of Hours. Written and narrated by Dr. James Romaine.