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Scheuchzer rhino as Re em
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Scheuchzer rhino as Re em

Author: J.J. Scheuchzer
Year: 1731
Description: This popular print from Johann Jacob Scheuchzer's Physica Sacra (1731) shows that the cognoscenti of the day still believe that Dürer's was the true image for the rhino. The Hebrew word Ré em (used below the image) in the Bible was thought to mean rhinoceros.
Location: World
Subject: General - Scientific works
Species: All Rhino Species
File Size: 1.361 kb
Dimensions: 1224x1692 px
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