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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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Watercolor painting of an almiraj and irses

The tales of Alexander III of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great, lay out a life of excitement and wonder. Conquests, foreign lands, and bizarre creatures. Stories from his…

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