The Magic Tumbler for the Plague: Alicorn and its Medical-Occult Uses in 16th-17th Century Jewish Literature: Alicornand its Medical-Occult Uses in 16th-17th Century Jewish Literature

• Main Author: Ofir Shemesh, Abraham
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 2020
• Subjects: Alicorno; Unicórnio; Praga; Alicorn Cup; Unicorn; Plague; Ela; narwhal*; narval
• Online Access: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/maaravi/article/view/21725; https://doi.org/10.35699/1982-3053.2020.21725

Several 16th-17th century Jewish medical and religious sources from Land of Israel mention a substance called “alicorno”. The current study discusses the identification of the substance, its origins and medical usages according to the Jewish literature. “Alicorno” which are the tusks of the narwhal...