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From the series A Work of Art as a Source of Knowledge of Life in the Middle Ages. An anonymous set of six rare tapestries of beautiful colors known as The Lady with the Unicorn was created around 1500 and is the pride of the Musée de Cluny, the National Museum of the Middle Ages (Musée National du Moyen Ȃge) in Paris. They were apparently woven in Flanders and the largest have dimensions of 10 and 13 m². Each of them is dominated by a blue oval island floating on a red or pink background, many blooming flowers and numerous representatives of the animal world. On the island we always find a lady with heraldic animals, with a lion on the left and a unicorn on the right. The five tapestries are usually interpreted as the five senses, the last one represents the mysterious sixth sense. The tapestries were very popular in their time, they were the pride of their owners, which they “accompanied” on their travels. During the lecture, we will try to penetrate the secrets of a unique ensemble that is considered a masterpiece of Western art.