EditorialUnicorn enticed by a virgin. Bestiary. England (Salisbury?); 1230-1240. (Miniature) A unicorn, which is by nature swift enough to outrun any pursuit, is caught by hunters when it leaps into the lap of a virgin sent into the woods to entice it. Image t...
EditorialUnicorn enticed by a virgin. Bestiary. England (Salisbury?); 1230-1240. (Miniature) A unicorn, which is by nature swift enough to outrun any pursuit, is caught by hunters when it leaps into the lap of a virgin sent into the woods to entice it. Image t...
EditorialLife of the Buddha: Abandoning Palace Life, Muromachi period (1392?1573), early 15th century, Japan, Section of a wall panel mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, 29 1/2 x 43 7/8 in. (75 x 111.5 cm), Paintings, This scroll depicts ...
EditorialThe sons of Iaroslav entice Vseslav, Prince of Polotsk, to the other bank of the Dnjepr and imprison him in Kiev (1066). The Russian Princes lose the battle against the Coumans (1067). From the Radziwill Chronicle, page 97 v., late 15th.