ay also be traced in the illustrations to CosmasIndicopleustes from his own drawings, and it long endured, as may be seen in JeromeCardans description of a unicorns horn which he saw suspended in the church ofSt. Denis ; as well as in a circumstance related by P. della Valle (II. 491 ; andCardan,… … 1 mi aiiti Monoceros and the Maiden. * We may quote the following quaint version of the fable from the Bestiary ofPhilip de Thaun, published by Mr. Wright {Popular Treatises en Science, etc.P- 81): Monosceros est Beste, un corne ad en la teste, Purceo ad si a nun, de buc ad facun ; Tar Pucele est…
Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? · Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889 · Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Inscriptions, Chinese · Early maps · Mongols · Voyages and travels
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