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Unicorn Horns at St. Mary’s Church, Utrecht

4 Oct 2018
Religious authorities displayed what they believed were unicorn horns on the high altar in St. Mary’s church (consecrated 1099 CE) in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Priests used them as candlesticks to represent…
Greenland…

More questions about Vikings in Greenland, the Bishop of Gardar’s Crosier,and Unicorn Horns.

20 Mar 2017September 30, 2018
A recent Smithsonian Magazine article explores the decline and disappearance of Viking settlements on Greenland. Previous scholarship argued that the Viking disappearance was caused by a combination of factors including…
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The Unicorn in Raleigh, NC

21 Feb 2017October 2, 2018
The North Carolina Museum of Art houses The Triumph of Chastity (ca. 1450-1460), a painting produced by the workshop of Apollonio di Giovanni di Tommaso. The painting was probably presented…

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