See also:

• UNICORN (Lat. unicornis, for Gr. µovoKepws, having one horn; Fr. licorne; Ital. alicorno)

UNICORN (See also:

• LAT

Lat. unicornis, for Gr. µovoKepws, having one See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

horn; Fr. licorne; Ital. alicorno)  , a fabulous beast, usually having the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head and See also:

• BODY

body of a See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse, the See also:

• HIND

hind legs of an ante-lope, the tail of a See also:

• LION
• LION (Lat, leo, leonis; Gr. Mew)

lion (sometimes horse's tail), sometimes the See also:

• BEARD (A.S. beard, O. H. and Mod. Ger. Bart, Dan. beard, Icel. bar, rim, edge, beak of a ship, &c., O. Slay. barda, Russ. barodd. Cf. Welsh barf, Lat.. barba, though, according to the New English Dictionary, the connexion is for phonetic reasons doubtful)
• BEARD, WILLIAM HOLBROOK (1825-1900)

beard of a See also:

• GOAT (a common Teut. word; O. Eng. gat, Goth. gaits, Mod. Ger. Geiss, cognate with Lat. haedus, a kid)

goat, and as its See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief feature a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

sharp, See also:

• TWISTED

twisted See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

horn, similar to the See also:

• NARWHAL

narwhal's tusk, set in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of its forehead . The earliest description is that of See also:

• CTESIAS

Ctesias, who (Indica See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera, ed . See also:

• BAEHR, JOHANN CHRISTIAN FELIX (1798–1872)

Baehr, p . 254) states that there were in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild asses celebrated for their fleetness of See also:

• FOOT

foot, having on the forehead a horn a cubit and a See also:

• HALF

half in length, coloured white, red and See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black; from the horn were made drinking cups which were a preventive of poisoning . See also:

• ARISTOTLE
• ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.)

Aristotle mentions (Hist. anim. ii . 1; De See also:

• PART

part. anim. iii . 2) two one-horned animals, the See also:

• ORYX (Gr. opvE, a pickaxe, hence applied to the animal)

oryx, a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• ANTELOPE

antelope, and " the so-called See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• ASS (O.E. assa; Lat. asinus)
• ASS, FEAST OF THE

ass." In See also:

• ROMAN

Roman times See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny (N.H. viii . 30; xi. ro6) mentions the oryx, the Indian ass, and an Indian ox as one-horned; See also:

• AELIAN (AELIANUS TACTICUS)
• AELIAN (CLAUDIUS AELIANUS)

Aelian (De nat. anim. iii . 41; iv . 52), quoting Ctesias, adds that India produces also a one-horned horse, and says (xvi . 20) that the Monoceros was sometimes called Carcazonon, which may be a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the Arabic CarcadCtn, meaning See also:

• RHINOCEROS

rhinoceros (see Rev . W .

See also:

• HAUGHTON, SAMUEL (1821-1897)
• HAUGHTON, WILLIAM (fl. 1598)

Haughton, " On the See also:

• UNICORN (Lat. unicornis, for Gr. µovoKepws, having one horn; Fr. licorne; Ital. alicorno)

Unicorn of the Ancients," in See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

Annals and Mag. of Natural See also:

• HISTORY

History for 1862, p . 363) . See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo (See also:

• LIB

lib. xv.) says that in India there were one-horned horses with See also:

• STAG (0. Eng. stagga, a Norse word, cf. Icel. steggr, steggi, a male animal, cf. Steggander, a drake; it is usually referred to stigan, to climb, to mount, but this is doubtful)

stag-like heads . The origin of all these statements is probably to be found partly in the rhinoceros, which was well known to the ancients, and partly in the narwhal, specimens of the long tusk of which were probably brought See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home by travellers . The theory of a one-horned oryx would probably be See also:

• DRAWN

drawn from the remembrance of a passing glimpse of an antelope in See also:

• SILHOUETTE, ETIENNE DE (1709-1767)

silhouette, or even of one which had broken one horn off See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short in fighting, and E . See also:

• SCHRADER, EBERHARD (1836-1908)

Schrader (Sitzungsberichte d. kgl. preuss . Akad. zu See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1892, pp . 573-581, and p1 . 5) traces the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of a one-horned ox to the sculptures of See also:

• PERSEPOLIS

Persepolis and other places, which Ctesias would probably have seen,. in which the ox, represented in silhouette, has apparently only one horn . As India became better known, and it was realized that the unicorn was not found there, its See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

• ABODE (from " abide," to dwell, properly " to wait for ," to bide)

abode was changed to See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . The See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval conception of the unicorn as possessing See also:

• GREAT

great strength and fierceness may have been partly due to the fact that in certain passages of the Old Testament (e.g . Num. See also:

• XXIII

xxiii .

22; Deut. xxxiii . 17; See also:

• JOB

Job xxxix . 9-ro) the See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew word R'em, now translated in the Revised Version " wild ox," was translated in the See also:

• SEPTUAGINT, THE (Gr. of 0', Lat. LXX.)

Septuagint uovbKspws, in the See also:

• VULGATE (from Lat. vulgus, the common people)

Vulgate unicornis or rhinoceros, and in the Authorised Version " unicorn," though in Deut. xxxiii . 17 it obviously refers to a two-horned See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal . The See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early commentators applied to this beast the classical attributes of the povbe€pws (e.g . Isidore xii . 2, 12 tells how the unicorn has been known to worst the See also:

• ELEPHANT

elephant in combat) . There is also the passage in Aelian xvi . 20 which says that though as a See also:

• RULE

rule See also:

• SAVAGE
• SAVAGE, MINOT JUDSON (1841– )
• SAVAGE, RICHARD (d. 1743)

savage and quarrelsome, even with See also:

• FEMALES

females, the unicorn at mating See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time becomes very See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle to his See also:

• MATE (a corruption of make, from O. Eng. gemaca, a " comrade ")
• MATE, or PARAGUAY TEA

mate, which is supposed to have given rise to the medieval idea that the unicorn is subdued to gentleness at the sight of a virgin, and will come and See also:

• LAY

lay his head in her See also:

• LAP

lap, which is the only means by which he can be caught on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his swiftness and ferocity . This See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story is illustrated in the See also:

• TAPESTRY

tapestry figured in See also:

• PLATE

Plate II . Fig . 10 of See also:

• EMBROIDERY (M.E. embrouderie, from O. Fr. embroder, Mod. Fr. broder)

EMBROIDERY, also on Pisanello's See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal of See also:

• CECILIA, SAINT

Cecilia See also:

• GONZAGA
• GONZAGA, THOMAZ ANTONIO (1744-1809)

Gonzaga (see J. de Foville, Pisanello et See also:

• LES

les medailleurs italiens, 1909, p .

40), on the See also:

• REVERSE

reverse of which is a See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young girl with a unicorn lying by her See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side, the unicorn here being represented as a beautiful long-haired goat, with the long horn in the middle of his brow . The idea was widely spread in the middle ages, and Lauchert (Geschichte See also:

• DES

des See also:

• PHYSIOLOGUS

Physiologus, 1889) gives instances of its allegorical use, as typical not only of See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ and the Virgin, but also of the softening See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of love upon the fiercest of men, and a See also:

• SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol of purity . As a decoration of drinking cups it symbolized the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient belief in the efficacy 171 Right Fore Foot of Indian Elephant . U, ulna; R, See also:

• RADIUS

radius; c, See also:

• CUNEIFORM (from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

cuneiform; 1, lunar; sc, scaphoid; u, unciform; m, magnum; td, trapezoid; tm, trapezium ; See also:

• ITO, HIROBUMI, PRINCE (1841-1909)

Ito V, first to fifth See also:

• DIGIT (Lat. digit us, finger)

digit . of the unicorn's horn against See also:

• POISON

poison, which in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England remained even in the time of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles II., though See also:

• SIR

Sir E . See also:

• RAY (Lat. raia)
• RAY (or WRAY, as he wrote his name till 1670), JOHN (1628-1705)

Ray Lankester (See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

Science from an Easy See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

Chair, See also:

• LONDON

London, rgio, p . 127) mentions that a See also:

• CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

cup made of rhinoceros horn was then handed over to the Royal Society for experiment, with the result of entirely disproving the superstition . In the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court ceremonial of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France as See also:

• LATE

late as 1789 See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments of " unicorn's " horn were still used for testing the royal See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food for poison . So-called unicorns' horns, or articles made of unicorn's horn, have always been sought after as " curiosities "; some of them, like the cup mentioned above, were of rhinoceros horn; others, like the horn seen at See also:

• WINDSOR
• WINDSOR (properly NEw WINDSOR)

Windsor by Heutzner, a See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German traveller, in 1598 (see E . Phipson, Animal-See also:

• LORE
• LORE, AMBROISE DE (1396-1446)

lore of See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare's Time, p . 456), were probably narwhals' tusks . Another medieval See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend about the unicorn is that when it stooped to drink from a See also:

• POOL

pool its horn, dipping into the See also:

• WATER

water, purified and rendered it sweet .

The traditional rivalry of the lion and the unicorn, which is generally considered to date at earliest from the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union of England and See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, when the lion and the unicorn appeared as the sup-porters of the royal arms, is referred to, curiously enough, in See also:

• SPENSER, EDMUND (c. 1552-1599)
• SPENSER, JOHN (1559-1614)

Spenser's Faery Queene, ii . 5 . In See also:

• HERALDRY

heraldry the unicorn was sometimes used as a See also:

• DEVICE

device (see HERALDRY, where two See also:

• ENGLISH

English families are enumerated who used the unicorn on their arms), but more frequently as a supporter, and subsists to the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day as the See also:

• LEFT

left-See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand supporter of the royal arms . This position it assumed at the Union, the Scottish royal arms having previously been supported by two unicorns . The origin of these is uncertain . The unicorn first appears (c . 1480), as a single supporter, on two See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold coins of See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James III. of Scotland, hence known as " unicorns " and " half-unicorns " (see See also:

• LINDSAY

Lindsay, Coinage of Scotland, pp . 135–137 and plate xiii. See also:

• FIGS

figs . 22-27) . It is represented in a sitting posture, having See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round its See also:

• NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck a See also:

• CROWN

crown, to which is attached a See also:

• CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain and See also:

• RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring, and holding the See also:

• SHIELD (0. Eng. scild, cf. Du. and Ger. Schild, Dan. Skjold; the origin is doubtful, but may be referred to the root seen in " shell " or " scale "; another suggestion connects it with Icel. skjalla, to clash, rattle; it is not connected with the Indo-Ger
• SHIELD, WILLIAM (1748—1829)

shield between its front feet . See also:

• SETON (Family)

Seton (See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

Law and Practice of Heraldry in Scotland, See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, 1863, p . 274, foot-See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note) suggests that the unicorn as a supporter may have been introduced into Scotland by the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage of James I. with Jane See also:

• BEAUFORT
• BEAUFORT, FRANCOIS DE VENDOME
• BEAUFORT, HENRY (c. 1377–1447)
• BEAUFORT, LOUIS DE (d. 1795)

Beaufort, the Beauforts as See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes of See also:

• SOMERSET, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SOMERSET, EDMUND BEAUFORT, DUKE OF (c. 1404–1455)
• SOMERSET, EDWARD SEYMOUR, DUKE OF (c. 1506–1552)
• SOMERSET, LORD ROBERT EDWARD HENRY (1776-1842)
• SOMERSET, ROBERT CARR (or KER), EARL OF (e. 1590-1645)

Somerset having used it as such.' However this may be, the unicorn became established by the end of the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century .

J . A . See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith in " Notes on See also:

• MELROSE

Melrose See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey" (Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, ii . 257) describes a table dated 1505 on which are sculptured the royal arms supported by two unicorns . The royal arms are also sup-ported by unicorns on the Great See also:

• SEALS

Seals of Scotland from the time of See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary onwards (see See also:

• ANDERSON
• ANDERSON, ADAM (1692—1765)
• ANDERSON, ALEXANDER (c. 1582-1620?)
• ANDERSON, ELIZABETH GARRETT (1836— )
• ANDERSON, JAMES (1662—1728)
• ANDERSON, JAMES (1739-1808)
• ANDERSON, JOHN (1726-1796)
• ANDERSON, MARY (1859– )
• ANDERSON, RICHARD HENRY (1821–1879)
• ANDERSON, ROBERT (1750–1830)
• ANDERSON, SIR EDMUND (1530-1605)

Anderson, Diplomata Scotiae, plate lxxxviii. xc. xci.) At the Union, when the unicorn became a supporter of the royal arms both of England and Scotland, a royal crown was added on the head of the unicorn, in addition to the crown with chain and ring round its neck (see Great See also:

• SEAL
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

Seal of James I. and VI. in Anderson, pl. xciii.), but this crown was removed after the Hanoverian See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession . In England after the Union the unicorn became the left-hand supporter, but in Scotland, as late as 1766, it was still put on the right (Seton, p . 442), and Scotland displayed great reluctance to alter this, or to remove the crown from the head of the unicorn . Seton tells us how in 1853 a See also:

• PETITION (Lat. for " seeking " or " praying ")

petition was made in favour, among other things, of retaining the crown on the unicorn, but without success . The rule, however, that the unicorn is to be the left-hand supporter, uncrowned, is still sometimes ignored, and Seton states (1863) that in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of seals, such as that of the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of Manufactures, which See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear the Scottish arms alone, the two unicorns are still kept as supporters . (C . B .