Hunt of the Unicorn - The Met
‘Produced in 1974, this video was created in conjunction with the loan exhibition Masterpieces of Tapestry. It explores the The Cloisters’ Unicorn tapestries, retelling the story they depict and interpreting the symbolic meanings of the mythic creature.’
Kay Sutton, director of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, decodes the Ripley Scroll, a 17th-century alchemical treatise - Christie’s YouTube channel
Adieu, adieu mon joieulx souvenir - Gilles Binchois (c.1400-1460)
Matteo da Perugia - Helas Avril
Virelai de Matteo da Perugia (fl 1390-1415)
Mala Punica, dir. Pedro Memelsdorff
Danse Macabre - Małgorzata Rżanek
A humoristic adaptation of a popular medieval theme, the “dance of death”.
A patchwork of symbols illustrates human passing. Following a three-legged character we discover a murky world of the deceased.
Seemingly separate elements turn out to be part of a perfectly synchronized organism.
Flos pudicitie (Anon., France 13th century)