Because of an ambiguity in the Hebrew word קֶרֶן (keren) meaning both horn and ray or beam, in Jerome's Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible Moses' face is described as ("horned") when descending from Mount Sinai with the tablets, Moses is usually shown in Western art until the Renaissance with small horns, which at least served as a convenient identifying attribute. In at least some of these depictions, an antisemitic meaning is likely to have been intended, for example on the Hereford Mappa Mundi.
Because of an ambiguity in the Hebrew word קֶרֶן (keren) meaning both horn and ray or beam in Jerome's Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible Moses' face is described as ("horned") when descending from Mount Sinai with the tablets Moses is usually shown in Western art until the Renaissance with small horns which at least served as a convenient identifying attribute In at least some of these depictions an antisemitic meaning is likely to have been intended for example on the Hereford Mappa Mundi