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Unicorn horns
For centuries, these three objects appeared on Catholic feast days on the high altar of the Mariakerk, Utrecht. Candlesticks were placed on their pointed ends. People believed the horns were those of a unicorn, a mythical creature then regarded as a symbol of the Virgin’s chastity. They are, in actual fact, the teeth of a narwhal, a type of whale
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- Mariakerk (Utrecht)
- Mariakerk (Utrecht)
- Hendrik IV (Rooms-Duits keizer)
Type of item
- tooth (material)
- Tooth
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- Mariakerk (Utrecht)
- Mariakerk (Utrecht)
- Hendrik IV (Rooms-Duits keizer)
Type of item
- tooth (material)
- Tooth
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- c.1000 - c.1099
Place-Time
- 11th century
Places
- Noordwest-Europa
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.47342
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.330467
- NG-NM-2808
Extent
- length 139 cm
Format
- ivory
- Ivory
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collectie: Varia 16e eeuw en vroeger
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T14:24:45.803Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T13:14:12.713Z