Figure du Pirassoipi, espece de Licorne

About This Item

Title

Subject

Antidotes

Book Illustrations

Description

Title taken from caption of woodcut.

Depiction of the hunting and skinning of a species of bicorn known as the Pirassoipi. Their horns were believed to be an antidote to poison. A piece of the horn would be boiled for a few hours and then the poison victim would drink the water.

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Source

Original image in: Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590. Les oeuvres d’Ambroise Paré., page 802. ZEa 9f (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)

Publisher

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Date

1614

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/

Language

French

Type

StillImage

Identifier

ZEa_9f.802

Spatial Coverage

Arabia

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

14 x 17 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Figure du Pirassoipi, espece de Licorne,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 24, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3053.