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OLIPHANT, OLIFANT (Ger. Helfant)

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 84 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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OLIPHANT, OLIFANT (Ger. Helfant) , the large'See also:signal See also:horn of the See also:middle ages, made, as its name indicates, from the tusk of an See also:elephant. The oliphant was the See also:instrument of knights and men of high degree, and was usually ornamented with scenes of See also:hunting or See also:war carved either lengthways or See also:round the horn in sections divided by bands of See also:gold and studded with gems. The knights used their oliphants in the hunting See also:field and in See also:battle, and the loss of this See also:precious horn was considered as shameful as the loss of See also:sword or banner.

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