Illustrations and artwork from the Middle Ages and Renaissance featuring unicorns.
- 11th century unicorn horns at the Rijkmuseum: 2808, 2809, and 2810. These on the high altar of the Mariakerk in Utrecht; candlesticks were placed on top. (Later testing revealed that they were really narwhal tusks.)
- Unicorn hunt, bestiary (Laud Misc. 247, fol. 149v), 2nd quarter of the 12th century
- Unicorn hunt, Marvels of the East (Bodl. 614, fol. 48v), middle of the 12th century
- Fols. 3r, 7r, and 8r, Reiner Musterbuch (ÖNB 507), c. 1200-1220
- Unicorn hunt, bestiary (British Library Royal 12 C XIX, fol. 9v), 1st quarter of the 13th century
- Unicorn hunt (fol. 10v) and a unicorn (fol. 21r) in the Rochester Bestiary (British Library Royal 12 F XIII), 2nd quarter of the 13th century
- Unicorn hunt, bestiary (Bodl. 602, fol. 14r), 2nd quarter of the 13th century
- Unicorn hunt, bestiary (Bodl. 764, fol. 10v), 2nd quarter of the 13th century
- Unicorn hunt (fol. 6v) and a unicorn (fol. 15), a bestiary (British Library Harley 4751), 2nd quarter of the 13th century
- A maiden and a unicorn, Bible with Psalms (British Library Harley 2819, fol. 389v), 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 13th century
- Unicorn hunt, a theological miscellany (British Library Harley 3244, fol. 38), 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 13th century
- Unicorn hunt, bestiary (British Library Sloane 3544, fol. 4), 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 13th century
- Unicorn hunt, bestiary (Bodl. 533, fol. 3r), middle of the 13th century
- Unicorn hunt, bestiary (Douce 132, fol. 70r), middle of the 13th century
- Unicorn with a harrow, Bible moralisée (Bodl. 270b, fol. 223v), middle of the 13th century
- Unicorn hunt (Getty 100, fol. 11), c. 1250-1260
- Unicorn hunt (Getty Ludwig XV 4, fol. 85v), after 1277
- Unicorn hunt, bestiary (Douce 167, fol. 4v), 3rd quarter of the 13th century
- Aquamanile, 4th quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century
- Unicorn hunt, bestiary (Douce 88, fol. 7v), end of the 13th century
- Humility, La somme le roi (Bibl. Mazarine 870, fol. 89v), 1295
- Unicorn, bestiary (e Mus. 136, fol. 18v), end of the 13th century
- Unicorn hunt, bestiary (Douce 151, fol. 10v), c. 1300
- A unicorn, book of hours (Douce 48, fol. 221v), beginning of the 14th century
- A unicorn and a bear, the Duke of Sussex's German Pentateuch (British Library Additional 15282, fol. 296v), 1st quarter of the 14th century
- A unicorn as a marginal illustration in a Bible historiale (BNF Fr. 160, fol. 66), 1st quarter of the 14th century
- Unicorn hunt, Lancelot du Lac (British Library Royal 20 D IV, fol. 168v), 1st quarter of the 14th century
- Unicorn hunt, the Ormesby Psalter (Douce 366, fol. 55v), c. 1300-1310
- Fols. 84v and 90v, the Maastricht Hours (Brit. Lib. Stowe 17), 1st quarter of the 14th century
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A lady and a unicorn (fol. 153r),
uniorn hunt (fol. 156v),
a unicorn fights bears (fol. 157r),
a man fights a unicorn (fol. 176v),
Mary of Egypt with a unicorn (fol. 277r),
the Smithfield Decretals (Brit. Lib. Royal 10 E IV), c. 1300-1340
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A unicorn and an elephant (fol. 100v),
unicorn hunt (fol. 101r),
a unicorn and a lion (fol. 190v),
the Queen Mary Psalter (British Library Royal 2 B VII), c. 1310-1320
- Unicorn hunt, psalter (Douce 5, fol. 4r), c. 1320-1330
- A unicorn, the Luttrell Psalter (British Library Add 42130, fol. 15r), c. 1325-1340
- Unicorn hunt (fol. 8r), Jesus with animals (fol. 18r), and a unicorn with lions and an elephant (fol. 188r) of the Taymouth Hours (British Library Yates Thompson 13), 2nd quarter of the 14th century
- Lady with a unicorn, Concordantiae caritatis (Lilienfeld 151, fol. 11v), c. 1349-1351
- Unicorn hunt, Livre des proprietes des choses (Bibl. Sainte-Geneviève 1029, fol. 257), c. 1350
- Reverse-painted glass with a virgin and a unicorn, c. 1370
- Lion, deer, unicorn, and horse, Livre des proprietes des choses (Bibl. Sainte-Geneviève 1028, fol. 352v), c. 1380-1395
- Aquamanile, c. 1400-1420
- Lady with a unicorn in the votive panel of the Heuperger von Hall family from Stams, 1426
- Aquamanile, c. 1425-1450
- A lady protects a unicorn from a hunter, Flore de virtu e de costumi (British Library Harley 3448, fol. 36v), 2nd quarter of the 15th century
- Unicorn hunt, Book of Fate (Douce 241, fol. 4v), 2nd quarter of the 15th century
- Box with a unicorn, 15th century
- Playing card with a wild woman and a unicorn, c. 1450-1467
- Print with a man riding a unicorn and a woman riding a horse, c. 1450-1467
- A unicorn is among the animals on Noah's ark (despite what Shel Silverstein wrote), De Civitate Dei (BNF Fr. 28, fol. 66v), 3rd quarter of the 15th century
- De Naturen Bloeme (KB 76 E 4), c. 1450-1500
- Marginalia with naked men jousting on unicorns, Fleur des Histoires (BNF Fr. 56, fol. 36), 2nd half of the 15th century
- An eagle perched on the back of a unicorn, Prophecies et al. (Barocci 145, fol. 82v), 2nd half of 15th century or 16th century
- Chastity with the Unicorn by Francesco di Giorgio Martini, 1463
- St. Anthony, Speculum historiale (BNF Fr. 51, fol. 125), 1463
- Unicorn in an antiphonary (ÖNB Mus. Hs. 15502, fol. 168r), c. 1472-1482
- A wildman rides a unicorn, c. 1473-1477
- Hunter finds St. Blase, panel from the Church of St. Blase at Kaufbeuren, c. 1480-1490
- Animals, De proprietatibus rerum (British Library Royal 15 E III, fol. 200), 1482
- Maiolica dish with a virgin and a unicorn, c. 1486-1488
- Gold unicorn coin of James III of Scotland, c. 1484-1488, and a gold unicorn coin of James IV of Scotland, c. 1488-1513
- Portrait of a woman, possibly Ginevra d'Antonio Lupari Gozzadini, attributed to the Maestro delle Storie del Pane, c. 1494
- The Unicorn tapestries at the Cloisters, c. 1495-1505: Met
37.80.1 (The Hunters Enter the Woods),
37.80.2 (The Unicorn is Found),
37.80.3 (The Unicorn is Attacked),
37.80.4 (The Unicorn Defends Itself),
37.80.5 (The Unicorn is Killed and Brought to the Castle),
37.80.6 (The Unicorn in Captivity)
- The Lady and the Unicorn tapestries at Cluny, end of the 15th century
- From a tapestry series of St. Stephen, St. Stephen's corpse is exposed to beasts, c. 1500
- Tapestry with a unicorn, c. 1500
- Textile fragment with a unicorn, deer, centaur, and lion, c. 1500
- Detail with unicorns purifying water from The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1500
- Unicorn doorway, early 16th century
- Illustrations of Claude of France riding a unicorn on fols.
7v,
17v,
29v,
95v, and
152,
Triomphe des Vertus (BNF Fr. 144), 1st quarter of the 16th century
- Lady with a Unicorn by Raphael, c. 1505
- Tapestry with the Triumph of Chastity over Love, c. 1507-1510
- Stained glass panel with St. John the Baptist praying in the wilderness, c. 1510
- Maiolica dish with Cupid riding a unicorn, c. 1510
- A lady with a unicorn, c. 1510
- Heraldic panel with Arms of Lichtenfels and a unicorn, c. 1515
- Unicorn from the tomb of Renée d'Orléans-Longueville, d. 1515
- The Abduction on a Unicorn by Albrecht Dürer, 1516
- Procris and the Unicorn by Bernardino Luini, c. 1520-1522
- St Justina with the Unicorn by Moretto da Brescia, c. 1530
- Unicorn horn dating to 1540
- The king flees from a unicorn, unicorn purifies water with its horn, and the triumph of the unicorn by Jean Duvet, 1540-1551
- Cover with unicorns, 16th century
- A unicorn and three birds (Job 39:10-14), Olympiodorus (Laud Gr. 86, p. 391), middle of the 16th century
- A unicorn, De natura animalium (British Library Burney 97, fol. 18r), c. 1550-1569
- A King Pursued by a Unicorn by Jean Duvet, c. 1555
- Unicorn, De animalium proprietate (Auct. F. 4. 15, fol. 29r), 1564
- Leo VI: Oracles, c. 1566-1574
- A gold ring with a man struggling with a unicorn, c. 1575
- A gold ring with a lady and a unicorn, c. 1550-1600
- Leaping Unicorn by Hans Reisinger, 1589
- Unicorn hunt by Jan Collaert, c. 1594-1598
- Table carpet with unicorns, c. 1600
- The Maiden and the Unicorn by Domenichino, c. 1602
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