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#MetKids: What Makes a Plant Medieval?

Got a green thumb? Join Ella, age 8, at The Met Cloisters as she digs for facts about how plants were used during the Middle Ages.

Got a green thumb? Join Ella, age 8, at The Met Cloisters as she digs for facts about how plants were used during the Middle Ages.

Credits:

#MetKids is a digital feature made for, with, and by kids!
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/

About #MetKids
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/about

Production Credits
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/credits

#MetKids Contributor: Ella

Managing Horticulturist: Caleb Leech

Featured Artwork:
The Unicorn in Captivity (from the Unicorn Tapestries)
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/467642

Special thanks to the Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters.


Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies.

© 2017 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Unicorn Rests in a Garden (from the Unicorn Tapestries), Wool warp with wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts, French (cartoon)/South Netherlandish (woven)
French (cartoon)/South Netherlandish (woven)
1495–1505