Unicorn horn
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A unicorn horn, also known as an alicorn, is a legendary object whose reality was accepted in Europe and Asia from the earliest recorded times. This "horn" comes from the creature known as a unicorn,
The unicorn throne in Denmark.
Left panel of The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch (1503-1504), showing unicorns purifying water.
Ainkhürn, "unicorn horn", offered to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I in 1540, exhibited at Wiener Schatzkammer.
Three unicorn horns from the Mariakerk in Utrecht, now on display at the Rijksmuseum.
Re'em
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A re'em, also reëm, is an animal mentioned nine times in the Hebrew Bible. It has been translated as "unicorn" in the Latin Vulgate, King James Version, and in some Christian Bible translations as "or
Unicorn horn
…accepted in Europe and Asia from the earliest recorded times. This "horn" comes from the creature known as a unicorn, also known in the Hebrew Bible as a re'em or wild ox. Many healing powers and antidotal virtues were attributed to the alicorn, making it one of the most expensive and reputable remedies during…
Detail of a former floor mosaic dating from year 1213, Basilica of San Giovanni Evangelista, Ravenna.
Oryx in Yotvata Hai-Bar Nature Reserve in Israel.