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  • Writer's pictureJean Michel

Capricorn as a Unicorn

During certain periods of time in Russia, Capricorn was depicted as a Unicorn. In the Izbornik of Svyatoslav of 1073 - an ancient Russian handwritten book - there are images of the signs of the Zodiac, and Capricorn is written there as “goathorn” and it is there with just one horn. (Image 1)


http://izbornik.freeservers.com/izbornik.htm


Unicorns were depicted in many manuscripts and paintings throughout the Middle Ages, including this French drawing of the interior of a palace: "Les Magnificences publiques du carrosel fait en la place royale de Paris, Le jeudy V avril M.DC.XII et jours suyvans." (1612) (Image 3 and 4)


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