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Preferred term

Oliphants  

Definition(s)

  • Medieval ivory horns, finely carved, and prized by the wealthy classes mainly as tokens of land tenure or by churches as reliquaries; may have been used for signaling, as in the hunt or in battle

Synonym(s)

  • Horns, oliphants

Notation

  • 116091

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-NHSNPH7F-B

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