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and from these figures he was able to draw it. He also mentions that the people speak of it as a terrible beast and invincible, and that all its strength lies in its horn. When it is pursued by many hunters and is about to be caught, it springs up to the top of some precipice, whence it falls down.
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Then, while falling, it turns so that the horn sustains all the shock of the fall, and it escapes unhurt.
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Monoceros (mythology)
Monoceros

Bodleian Library
Ashmole Bestiary
Ancient Greek
unicorn
Greek
neuter gender
horn
Pliny the Elder
Natural History
horse
stag
feet of an elephant
wild boar
cubits
Cosmas Indicopleustes
Christian Topography
Aethiopia
unicorn
Elasmotherium
Rhinoceros
Unicorn
ISBN
9780140444131
cite book
link
"Cosmas Indicopleustis - Christiana Topographia (MPG 088 0051 0476) [0500-0600] Full Text"
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