October 25, 2021
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Costa's Just Things

Toys: Trains, Hot Wheels, collectibles bought & sold in San Bruno, CA.
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Harry P Costa
575 San Mateo Ave.
San Bruno, CA 94066
carmelag@aol.com
650-871-9425

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Tapestry 7: The Unicorn in Captivity. This tapestry shows the unicorn alive and well, and entirely tamed. He is fenced in and chained to a tree, but the chain is less than secure and the fence is low enough to leap over. He has submitted to his captivity. The red stains on his flank, according to the Met, “do not appear to be blood, as there are no visible wounds like those in the hunting series; rather, they represent juice dripping from bursting pomegranates” — a medieval symbol of marriage and fertility. Many of the other plants represented here, such as wild orchid and thistle, echo this theme of marriage and procreation: they were acclaimed in the Middle Ages as fertility aids for both men and women.
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