{"id":182,"date":"2015-02-26T01:44:08","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T20:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/?p=182"},"modified":"2025-05-22T16:46:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T20:46:15","slug":"monoceron-unicornus-and-rinocephalus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/monoceron-unicornus-and-rinocephalus\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Monoceron&#8221;, &#8220;Unicornus&#8221;, and &#8220;Rinocephalus&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <em>Ortus Sanitatis<\/em>, a natural history encyclopedia, is a Latin translation of the German work <em>Herbarius<\/em> from 1485, including descriptions of species in the natural world, their medicinal uses, and modes of preparation.  In addition to translating the text, the <em>Ortus Sanitatis<\/em> extends the original volume&#8217;s scope to feature animals of the land, sea, and air, mythological creatures, and stones, along with plants.  Bridging the categories of land, sea, and mythological animals, the encyclopedia includes three variations of a single-horned beast \u2013 the &#8220;Monceron&#8221;, which was thought to exist in nature; the &#8220;Unicornus&#8221;, the mystical creature depicted with a taming maiden; and the &#8220;Rinocephalus&#8221;, the unicorn of the sea.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Copy-of-Ortus_Unicorn_olio00000003474md.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Copy-of-Ortus_Unicorn_olio00000003474md-256x300.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Monceron&quot; Ortus Sanitatis Mainz: Jacob Meydenbach, 23 June 1491 Woodcut Albert E. Lownes Collection of Significant Books in the History of Science, John Hay Library\" class=\"wp-image-183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Copy-of-Ortus_Unicorn_olio00000003474md-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Copy-of-Ortus_Unicorn_olio00000003474md-100x117.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Copy-of-Ortus_Unicorn_olio00000003474md-150x176.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Copy-of-Ortus_Unicorn_olio00000003474md-200x234.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Copy-of-Ortus_Unicorn_olio00000003474md-300x352.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Copy-of-Ortus_Unicorn_olio00000003474md-450x527.jpg 450w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Copy-of-Ortus_Unicorn_olio00000003474md.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Monceron&#8221;<br><em>Ortus Sanitatis<\/em><br>Mainz: Jacob Meydenbach, 23 June 1491<br>Woodcut<br>Albert E. Lownes Collection of Significant Books in the History of Science, John Hay Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Copy-of-Ortus_wMaiden_olio00000003475md.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"258\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Copy-of-Ortus_wMaiden_olio00000003475md-258x300.jpg\" alt=\" &quot;Unicornus&quot; Ortus Sanitatis Mainz: Jacob Meydenbach, 23 June 1491 Woodcut Albert E. Lownes Collection of Significant Books in the History of Science, John Hay Library\" class=\"wp-image-184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Copy-of-Ortus_wMaiden_olio00000003475md-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Copy-of-Ortus_wMaiden_olio00000003475md-100x117.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Copy-of-Ortus_wMaiden_olio00000003475md-150x175.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Copy-of-Ortus_wMaiden_olio00000003475md-200x233.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Copy-of-Ortus_wMaiden_olio00000003475md-300x350.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Copy-of-Ortus_wMaiden_olio00000003475md-450x524.jpg 450w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Copy-of-Ortus_wMaiden_olio00000003475md.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Unicornus&#8221;<br><em>Ortus Sanitatis<\/em><br>Mainz: Jacob Meydenbach, 23 June 1491<br>Woodcut<br>Albert E. Lownes Collection of Significant Books in the History of Science, John Hay Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Copy-of-Ortus_Sea_olio00000003476md.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"253\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Copy-of-Ortus_Sea_olio00000003476md-253x300.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Rinocephalus&quot; Ortus Sanitatis Mainz: Jacob Meydenbach, 23 June 1491 Woodcut Albert E. Lownes Collection of Significant Books in the History of Science, John Hay Library\" class=\"wp-image-185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Copy-of-Ortus_Sea_olio00000003476md-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Copy-of-Ortus_Sea_olio00000003476md-100x119.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Copy-of-Ortus_Sea_olio00000003476md-150x178.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Copy-of-Ortus_Sea_olio00000003476md-200x237.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Copy-of-Ortus_Sea_olio00000003476md-300x356.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Copy-of-Ortus_Sea_olio00000003476md-450x534.jpg 450w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Copy-of-Ortus_Sea_olio00000003476md.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Rinocephalus&#8221;<br><em>Ortus Sanitatis<\/em><br>Mainz: Jacob Meydenbach, 23 June 1491<br>Woodcut<br>Albert E. Lownes Collection of Significant Books in the History of Science, John Hay Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ortus Sanitatis, a natural history encyclopedia, is a Latin translation of the German work Herbarius from 1485, including descriptions of species in the natural world, their medicinal uses, and modes of preparation. In addition to translating the text, the Ortus Sanitatis extends the original volume&#8217;s scope to feature animals of the land, sea, and <a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/monoceron-unicornus-and-rinocephalus\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  &#8220;Monoceron&#8221;, &#8220;Unicornus&#8221;, and &#8220;Rinocephalus&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":183,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-full-width.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-medieval"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":704,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions\/704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/unicornfound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}