{"id":38,"date":"2015-02-20T02:15:50","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T21:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2026-05-11T17:10:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:10:32","slug":"unicorn-of-the-land","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/unicorn-of-the-land\/","title":{"rendered":"The Unicorn of the Land"},"content":{"rendered":"<nav style=\"font-size:1rem;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\" class=\"has-text-color has-black-color is-responsive wp-block-navigation is-layout-flex wp-container-core-navigation-is-layout-cd796c44 wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"A Sub header menu\" \n\t\t data-wp-interactive=\"core\/navigation\" data-wp-context='{\"overlayOpenedBy\":{\"click\":false,\"hover\":false,\"focus\":false},\"type\":\"overlay\",\"roleAttribute\":\"\",\"ariaLabel\":\"Menu\"}'><button aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-label=\"Open menu\" 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style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;text-decoration:underline;font-size: 1rem\" class=\"wp-block-navigation-item menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/home-page-image-credits\/\" title=\"\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Credits<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Unicorn of the Land<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A majestic white horse with a sleek golden horn, galloping through a fantastic wilderness \u2013 this is the popular image of a unicorn. Sought after long before the sea unicorn\u2019s discovery, the four-footed unicorn has been the subject of varying depictions in voyage accounts, art, literature, and science. Some of these depictions reflect the animal\u2019s resplendent popular image, while others present a composite creature. Unicorns are referenced multiple times in the Hebrew Bible, identifying a horned animal with goatlike features. The Hebrew name assigned to this mysterious being was \u05e8\u05b6\u05d0\u05b5\u05dd , transliterated as re\u2019em. Italian explorer, Marco Polo records sightings of ugly and brutish unicorns during his voyages in the 14th century. The East Asian qilin or kirin is often called a Chinese unicorn, possessing a singular horn and hoofed feet along with characteristics of a lion, goat, and serpent. Fit for the pages of a medieval bestiary, the stories of the terrestrial unicorn not only merge traits of multiple animals, but they also fuse fact with fiction. The re\u2019em is now often translated as an ox, and it is widely accepted that Polo\u2019s unicorn was an Indonesian rhinoceros.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column callout is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-d0f26dce wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\".site-3 .callout { color: #FF498D; \/* font-family: &apos;Dancing Script&apos;, cursive; *\/ &apos;Clicker font-size: 1.8em; font-weight: 500; line-height: 2; width: 40%; margin: -40px 0px 20px 20px; border-top: 3px solid #FF85AE; border-bottom: float: right; text-align: center; } has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0f9a87a040dfefa473154b939090be45 wp-block-paragraph\">Behold, a he-goat came from the west over the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.<br> <span class=\"attribution\">\u2014Daniel 8:5<\/span><br><br>God himself must needs be traduced, if there is no Unicorn in the world.<br> <span class=\"attribution\">\u2014The Historie of Four Footed Beastes, Edward Topsell, 1607<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exhibit items<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-142 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-land\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/a-booke-containing-such-beasts-as-are-most-usefull-for-such-as-practice-drawing\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/FourBeasts_olio00000003483m.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A Booke Containing such Beasts as are Most Usefull for such as Practice Drawing\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/FourBeasts_olio00000003483m.jpg 600w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/FourBeasts_olio00000003483m-241x300.jpg 241w, 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href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/a-booke-containing-such-beasts-as-are-most-usefull-for-such-as-practice-drawing\/\" target=\"_self\" >A Booke Containing such Beasts as are Most Usefull for such as Practice Drawing<\/a><\/h2><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-139 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-land\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/of-the-unicorne\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/GessnerUnicorn_Topsell_olio00000003472md.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Of the Unicorne\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/GessnerUnicorn_Topsell_olio00000003472md.jpg 600w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/GessnerUnicorn_Topsell_olio00000003472md-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/GessnerUnicorn_Topsell_olio00000003472md-100x76.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/GessnerUnicorn_Topsell_olio00000003472md-150x113.jpg 150w, 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class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/monoceros-the-unicorn\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Constellation_olio00000003479m.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Monoceros, The Unicorn\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Constellation_olio00000003479m.jpg 600w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Constellation_olio00000003479m-275x300.jpg 275w, 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Sought after long before the sea unicorn\u2019s discovery, the four-footed unicorn has been the subject of varying depictions in voyage accounts, art, literature, and science. 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