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Detail image of the unicorn hunt of Saint Guinefort, featuring a unicorn arching down to attack a greyhound who leaps up at him. The borders are intricately decorated with vines and foliage in read, blue, and gold.

For this illumination of Saint Guinefort we look at the dramatic Black Hours of Charles the Bold/Galeazzo Maria Sforza (Cod. 1856) and the Unicorn Hunt Tapestries from the New York Met Cloisters for inspiration in an apocryphal and mystical vision of Saint Guinefort hunting a unicorn.

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Folios 5 verso and 6 recto from MS H.8 The Hours of Henry VIII from the Morgan Library showing calendars and illustrations for the months of October and November.

Intercede for Us, Saint Guinefort, Faithful Hound and Martyr. “The contemporary eye will acknowledge the devotional character of the work, but be drawn to the clean precision of its crafting…

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Folk Saints, Changelings, and Our Timeless Love of Dogs “…if i have presented (the tale of Saint Guinefort) so unceremoniously at the start of the book it is so that…

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