Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Unicorns in Art, Part One

Posted by on Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 10:53 AM

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8. Detail from a 15th century German fresco
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Jesus rode unicorns, which is cool. What’s cooler? Jesus was called a unicorn by the Christian Church, too. “Christ is the power of God, therefore He is called the unicorn on the ground that He has one horn, that is, one common power with the Father,” explained Saint Basil the Great in the 4th century A.D.

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