NARRATOR: Surrounding a tall white fountain is a company of twelve hunters and their dogs who have found the unicorn. The mystical beast, shown here kneeling on the ground, is dipping his horn into a stream. Other animals are also present. A pair of goldfinches perches on the fountain, not far from a pair of pheasants. Rabbits, lions, and other animals – some more realistic-looking than others -- flank both sides of the stream. According to legend, the unicorn cannot be disturbed when performing a magical act. Scholars have suggested that the unicorn is in the process of purifying a poisoned stream, a hypothesis supported by the presence of such plants as pot marigold—which you’ll see under the hyena’s chin; sage—the plant with the blue flowers in front of the fountain; and an orange tree in the lower right corner of the tapestry. All of them stand in close proximity to the stream and are known to have been used as antidotes against poison in the Middle Ages. The orange tree deserves a second look. It is flowering and bearing fruit at the same time – unusual yet botanically accurate. It has also been identified by botanists as a type of sweet orange introduced in Europe only around 1500. The precision with which the orange tree is represented attests to the designer’s careful observation, which we find not only in the depiction of plants but that of other objects throughout the tapestries. Our next stop is to the right, “The Unicorn Leaps Across A Stream.”