Unicorns

[Calbeck]

I've heard that you were in the tank division. He He

I thought it was the tanked division.

Only after the bars open.

[Wanderwolf]

actually, there is a scholarly medieval dissertation that has all those descriptions of unicorns....

The most detailed is Magnalucius' "Ve Historia et Veritate Unicornis." Allegedly a 15th century monk from the north of Italy who described, in great detail several different types or "families" of unicorn. This included the more popular current form, the asian Ki-lin, the aforementioned "ass" with the cubit-long, tricolor horn, a breed described more akin to a rhinoceros, even one variation that was supposed to be carnivorous. I do know that the manuscript was reportedly incomplete: the writings obtained mentioned there being something like 12 different unicorn families, but only gave details on seven of them.

To quote one page referencing the book....
http://www.unicorn-dream.co.uk/unicorn5.html
"It is up to the reader to decide how to accept this beautiful book. It is either a skilfully constructed fictional account of a fifteenth century monk's study of the Unicorn, based on his personal experience, or a genuine translation of an amazing manuscript. It all depends on whether you believe in Unicorns or not."

It is, indeed, up to the reader to decide. A small, bemused portion of my heart wishes to point out, however, that the illustrations from the book are available from greenartprints.com for $250.00 each. <chuckle> It is a beautiful book, however, adn well-made, whatever the origin.

Yours truly,

The art-appreciative,

Wanderer

P.S.: RH, you draw a great unicorn.