I love this tapestry which hangs in the Musée de Cluny next to the Sorbonne in Paris. It is actually one of six woven in the 15th Century and entitled, "La Dame à la licorne"Each of the six represents a sense, this one obviously representing sight. What is the sixth sense? It is, "Mon seul désir," which some have interpreted to mean 'love.' Some of the six tapestries include a monkey- sorry Monkeyposh, not this one!
The medieval protocol for capturing this animal is to place a virgin in the path of the unicorn. Some accounts require the virgin to bare her breasts. The unicorn seeing the virgin will come lay its head in the lap of the virgin maiden and fall asleep.
