Medieval History
As an April Fools' Day prank, the curators of the British Library's Medieval and Earlier Manuscripts Blog wrote up an entirely straight-faced account of a "spine-tingling" discovery ? a cookbook that details the proper way to prepare unicorn. This history-changing find is tinged with staid hyperbole of the highest order and some lovely artwork.
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Relief showing a Stag and Unicorn, ca. 950, Italian, near Nola. This relief from a church in Nola (near Naples) formed part of a transenna, a low wall that demarcated the church's presbytery, an area reserved for the clergy. The motif of opposed...
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Celestial Globe, detail: Unicorn, Joseph-Jérôme Lalande, 1775. Private Collection, Vienna, Austria Italian dish, possibly made in Pesaro in 1486-87. Maiolica (tin-enameled earthenware), Metropolitan Museum of Art. The maiden has lured the unicorn...
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Medieval History
Medievalists uncover "lost" recipe for roasted unicorn
Click here to read this article from IO9
Click here to read "Unicorn Cookbook Found at the British Library"
- Bbc Show On The Private Lives Of The Medieval Kings To Begin Airing Next Week
In Illuminations: The Private Lives of the Medieval Kings BBC Four will tell the story of the Medieval monarchy as preserved through stunning illuminated manuscripts from the British Library?s Royal Manuscripts collection which contains some of the most...
- British Library Digitises Greek Manuscripts
The British Library has digitised over a quarter of its Greek manuscripts (284 volumes) for the first time and made them freely available online at www.bl.uk/manuscripts thanks to a generous grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. The website provides...
- 'monokeros,' Or Unicorns In Imagery And Myth, Ii
Relief showing a Stag and Unicorn, ca. 950, Italian, near Nola. This relief from a church in Nola (near Naples) formed part of a transenna, a low wall that demarcated the church's presbytery, an area reserved for the clergy. The motif of opposed...
- 'monokeros,' Or Unicorns In Imagery And Myth
Celestial Globe, detail: Unicorn, Joseph-Jérôme Lalande, 1775. Private Collection, Vienna, Austria Italian dish, possibly made in Pesaro in 1486-87. Maiolica (tin-enameled earthenware), Metropolitan Museum of Art. The maiden has lured the unicorn...
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There are works of art I could look at every day and never tire of. This is different than a 'favorite works' list because you can have a favorite work of art and be sick of looking at it. This list is made up of works that you could hang on your...