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OLIPHANT, OLIFANT (Ger. Helfant)

This article appears in Volume V20, Page 84 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: NUM-ORC
OLIPHANT, OLIFANT (Ger. Helfant) , the large'
signal
 
horn
  of the
middle
  ages, made, as its name indicates, from the tusk of an elephant. The oliphant was the
instrument
  of knights and men of high degree, and was usually ornamented with scenes of
hunting
  or war carved either lengthways or round the
horn
  in sections divided by bands of gold and studded with gems. The knights used their oliphants in the
hunting
  field and in
battle
 , and the loss of this
precious
  horn was considered as shameful as the loss of
sword
  or banner.


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