{"id":1001,"date":"2021-11-27T19:36:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T19:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/?p=1001"},"modified":"2022-09-01T09:56:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T09:56:53","slug":"licorne-ou-blanche-biche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/2021\/11\/27\/licorne-ou-blanche-biche\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2795 Licorne ou blanche biche"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#723da1\"><strong>Les l\u00e9gendes m\u00e9di\u00e9vales sur la blanche biche ou le cerf blanc ne les confondent jamais avec la licorne, mais celle-ci a quand m\u00eame quelques caract\u00e9ristiques des cervid\u00e9s.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1081\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1019\" data-id=\"1019\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cerf-et-licorne-romans-yale-2048x1081.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cerf-et-licorne-romans-yale-2048x1081.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cerf-et-licorne-romans-yale-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cerf-et-licorne-romans-yale-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cerf-et-licorne-romans-yale-1536x811.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cerf-et-licorne-romans-yale-500x264.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Cerf et licorne encadrant un arbre de vie sur un bas-relief roman, Italie, Xe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nUniversit\u00e9 de Yale.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"511\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3939\" data-id=\"3939\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Yates-Thompson-ms-8-fol-233v-Breviaire-de-Renaud-de-Bar-circa-1300-2048x511.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Yates-Thompson-ms-8-fol-233v-Breviaire-de-Renaud-de-Bar-circa-1300-2048x511.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Yates-Thompson-ms-8-fol-233v-Breviaire-de-Renaud-de-Bar-circa-1300-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Yates-Thompson-ms-8-fol-233v-Breviaire-de-Renaud-de-Bar-circa-1300-768x192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Yates-Thompson-ms-8-fol-233v-Breviaire-de-Renaud-de-Bar-circa-1300-1536x383.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Yates-Thompson-ms-8-fol-233v-Breviaire-de-Renaud-de-Bar-circa-1300-500x125.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Une licorne poursuit un cerf dans les marges d&#8217;un br\u00e9viaire du XIVe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nBritish Library, Yates Thompson ms 8, fol 233v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1095\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2349\" data-id=\"2349\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Heritage-Image-Partnership-Ltd-Alamy-Stock-Foto-circa-1500.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Heritage-Image-Partnership-Ltd-Alamy-Stock-Foto-circa-1500.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Heritage-Image-Partnership-Ltd-Alamy-Stock-Foto-circa-1500-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Heritage-Image-Partnership-Ltd-Alamy-Stock-Foto-circa-1500-768x411.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Heritage-Image-Partnership-Ltd-Alamy-Stock-Foto-circa-1500-1536x821.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Heritage-Image-Partnership-Ltd-Alamy-Stock-Foto-circa-1500-500x267.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Tapisserie flamande \u00e0 millefleurs, circa 1500.<br \/>\nCollection priv\u00e9e, photo Alamy.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Dans les chasses fantastiques des l\u00e9gendes d\u2019Europe, comme la chasse-galerie ou la mesnie-hellequin, c\u2019est souvent une albe b\u00eate qui m\u00e8ne la chevauch\u00e9e, mais elle est cerf ou biche, jamais licorne. Dans <em>Erec et Enide<\/em>, c\u2019est le cerf blanc que chasse le roi Arthur. La licorne, absente des contes populaires, n\u2019a jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 confondue ni avec la blanche biche qui se change parfois en femme la nuit venue, ni avec le cerf blanc que les chasseurs poursuivent en vain. Sa silhouette, ses m\u0153urs, sa symbolique, l\u2019apparentent n\u00e9anmoins de plus en plus, \u00e0 la fin du Moyen \u00c2ge, \u00e0 un cervid\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1178\" height=\"1150\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2359\" data-id=\"2359\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-NAF-15944-fol-157v-Vincent-de-Beauvais-Speculum-Historiale.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-NAF-15944-fol-157v-Vincent-de-Beauvais-Speculum-Historiale.jpg 1178w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-NAF-15944-fol-157v-Vincent-de-Beauvais-Speculum-Historiale-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-NAF-15944-fol-157v-Vincent-de-Beauvais-Speculum-Historiale-768x750.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-NAF-15944-fol-157v-Vincent-de-Beauvais-Speculum-Historiale-307x300.jpg 307w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1178px) 100vw, 1178px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Saint Gilles et la biche.<br \/>\nVincent de Beauvais, <i>Speculum Historiale, <\/i>XIVe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nBNF, ms NAF 15944, fol 157v.        \n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1498\" height=\"1171\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1015\" data-id=\"1015\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-412-fol-128r-Saint-Gilles.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-412-fol-128r-Saint-Gilles.jpg 1498w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-412-fol-128r-Saint-Gilles-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-412-fol-128r-Saint-Gilles-768x600.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-412-fol-128r-Saint-Gilles-384x300.jpg 384w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1498px) 100vw, 1498px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Saint Gilles et la biche.<br \/>\n<i>Recueil de vie de saints,<\/i> XIIIe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>BNF, ms fr 412, fol 128r.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Saint Gilles vivait dans la for\u00eat, avec pour seule compagne une biche. Un jour, un chasseur poursuivit la biche et la tua d\u2019une fl\u00e8che au moment m\u00eame o\u00f9 elle se r\u00e9fugiait dans les bras de l\u2019ermite, qui fut bless\u00e9 \u00e0 la main. Le chasseur s\u2019excusa, fit construire un monast\u00e8re en p\u00e9nitence, et tout est bien qui finit bien, sauf pour la biche. Pour illustrer ce r\u00e9cit, les enlumineurs s\u2019inspir\u00e8rent parfois du mod\u00e8le de la licorne r\u00e9fugi\u00e9e dans le giron d\u2019une jeune vierge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1539\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1028\" data-id=\"1028\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Savernake-Horn-photo-jonfholl-2048x1539.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Savernake-Horn-photo-jonfholl-2048x1539.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Savernake-Horn-photo-jonfholl-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Savernake-Horn-photo-jonfholl-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Savernake-Horn-photo-jonfholl-1536x1154.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Savernake-Horn-photo-jonfholl-399x300.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Le cor de Savernake, XIVe si\u00e8cle. Une licorne dans la for\u00eat, parmi des animaux bien de chez nous. Bon, d\u2019accord, de l\u2019autre c\u00f4t\u00e9, il y a aussi un lion. Pas d\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9phant en revanche, alors que cet olifant  est taill\u00e9 dans une d\u00e9fense d\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9phant et non dans une corne de licorne.<br \/>\nBritish Museum, photo Jon Holland\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1025\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2361\" data-id=\"2361\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambrai-ms-102-fol-207v-2048x1025-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambrai-ms-102-fol-207v-2048x1025-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambrai-ms-102-fol-207v-2048x1025-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambrai-ms-102-fol-207v-2048x1025-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambrai-ms-102-fol-207v-2048x1025-1-1536x769.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambrai-ms-102-fol-207v-2048x1025-1-500x250.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Une licorne broute tranquillement dans les marges d\u2019un br\u00e9viaire du XIVe si\u00e8cle, entre un sanglier et un cerf.<br \/>\nBiblioth\u00e8que municipale de Cambrai, ms 102, fol 207v.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Au Haut Moyen \u00c2ge, la chasse la plus noble et courageuse, \u00e9tait celle de l\u2019ours, d\u00e9crite comme un combat. L\u2019ours n\u2019a jamais entretenu avec la licorne de relations particuli\u00e8res, si ce n\u2019est peut-\u00eatre comme un rival puisqu\u2019il \u00e9tait \u00e9galement cens\u00e9 \u00eatre attir\u00e9 par les jeunes filles. \u00c0 la fin du Moyen \u00c2ge, l\u2019ours a perdu de son prestige, et la chasse la plus \u00e9l\u00e9gante devient la course, et tout particuli\u00e8rement celle du cerf. Les poursuivants de la licorne sont rarement \u00e0 cheval, mais les chasses mystiques de la fin du Moyen \u00c2ge ressemblent plus \u00e0 des chasses \u00e0 courre qu\u2019aux sc\u00e8nes de capture des bestiaires. La b\u00eate n\u2019est plus irr\u00e9sistiblement attir\u00e9e par l\u2019odeur d\u2019une jeune vierge aupr\u00e8s de laquelle des traqueurs s\u2019\u00e9taient embusqu\u00e9s, elle est poursuivie par un veneur soufflant du cor et menant ses chiens, et semble se r\u00e9fugier dans les bras protecteurs de la belle dame. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1008\" height=\"1412\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1018\" data-id=\"1018\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-ms-B-11.-22-fol-19v.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-ms-B-11.-22-fol-19v.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-ms-B-11.-22-fol-19v-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-ms-B-11.-22-fol-19v-768x1076.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Un cerf \u00e0 un seul bois sur un livre d\u2019heure, circa 1300.<br \/>\nCambridge, Trinity College, ms B 11 22, fol 19v\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1026\" data-id=\"1026\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Palazzo-Chiaramonte-Ster-photo-Tommaso-flickri-1536x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Palazzo-Chiaramonte-Ster-photo-Tommaso-flickri-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Palazzo-Chiaramonte-Ster-photo-Tommaso-flickri-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Palazzo-Chiaramonte-Ster-photo-Tommaso-flickri-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Palazzo-Chiaramonte-Ster-photo-Tommaso-flickri-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Palazzo-Chiaramonte-Ster-photo-Tommaso-flickri-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Sur le plafond du palais Chiaramonte-Steri, \u00e0 Palerme, peint \u00e0 la fin du XIVe si\u00e8cle, une licorne blanche s&#8217;endort dans le giron d&#8217;une jeune vierge et est tu\u00e9e d&#8217;un coup de lance par un chasseur. Une autre est attaqu\u00e9e par un chien est vis\u00e9e par un archer.<br \/>\nPhoto Tommaso Evola, Flickr.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"392\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1024\" data-id=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Livre-dheures-Philippe-Pigouchet-1494b-392x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Livre-dheures-Philippe-Pigouchet-1494b-392x2048.jpg 392w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Livre-dheures-Philippe-Pigouchet-1494b-768x4010.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Livre-dheures-Philippe-Pigouchet-1494b-294x1536.jpg 294w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Livre-dheures-Philippe-Pigouchet-1494b-scaled.jpg 490w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Dans les marges d\u2019un livre d\u2019heures, une licorne c\u00f4toie biches et cerfs dans la for\u00eat.<br \/>\nLivre d\u2019heures imprim\u00e9 par Philippe Pigouchet, 1494.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"475\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2351\" data-id=\"2351\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Utrecht-ms-Hs-400-fol-1r-Pontifical-de-Sainte-Marie.-vers-1500-475x2048-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Utrecht-ms-Hs-400-fol-1r-Pontifical-de-Sainte-Marie.-vers-1500-475x2048-1.jpg 475w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Utrecht-ms-Hs-400-fol-1r-Pontifical-de-Sainte-Marie.-vers-1500-475x2048-1-356x1536.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Un pontifical est un missel destin\u00e9 \u00e0 un \u00e9v\u00eaque. Sur la premi\u00e8re page de celui-ci, le lecteur est repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 entre un cerf et une licorne couronn\u00e9e.<br \/>\nBiblioth\u00e8que universitaire d\u2019Utrecht, ms Hs 400, fol 1r\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2354\" data-id=\"2354\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Peter-Stocklin-St-Eustache-chasse-mystique-dessin-pour-un-vitrail-1619-Victoria-and-Albert-Museum-1536x2048-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Peter-Stocklin-St-Eustache-chasse-mystique-dessin-pour-un-vitrail-1619-Victoria-and-Albert-Museum-1536x2048-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Peter-Stocklin-St-Eustache-chasse-mystique-dessin-pour-un-vitrail-1619-Victoria-and-Albert-Museum-1536x2048-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Peter-Stocklin-St-Eustache-chasse-mystique-dessin-pour-un-vitrail-1619-Victoria-and-Albert-Museum-1536x2048-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Peter-Stocklin-St-Eustache-chasse-mystique-dessin-pour-un-vitrail-1619-Victoria-and-Albert-Museum-1536x2048-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Deux all\u00e9gories chr\u00e9tiennes en 1619, sur ce dessin de Peter St\u00f6cklin, sans doute un projet de vitrail. Au centre, le cerf crucif\u00e8re appara\u00eet \u00e0 Saint Eustache. En haut, une chasse mystique \u00e0 la licorne.<br \/>\nVictoria and Albert Museum, Londres.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1919\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1044\" data-id=\"1044\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-Library-MS-Ashmole-1511_00038_fol-14v-2048x1919.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-Library-MS-Ashmole-1511_00038_fol-14v-2048x1919.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-Library-MS-Ashmole-1511_00038_fol-14v-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-Library-MS-Ashmole-1511_00038_fol-14v-768x720.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-Library-MS-Ashmole-1511_00038_fol-14v-1536x1439.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-Library-MS-Ashmole-1511_00038_fol-14v-320x300.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">La licorne christique s\u00e9duite par une jeune vierge et tu\u00e9e par les chasseurs.\n<br \/>Bodleian Library, ms Ashmole 1511, fol 14v<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1986\" height=\"1952\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1038\" data-id=\"1038\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Biche-05-Bodleian-Ashmole-1511-fol-21r-monoceros.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Biche-05-Bodleian-Ashmole-1511-fol-21r-monoceros.jpg 1986w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Biche-05-Bodleian-Ashmole-1511-fol-21r-monoceros-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Biche-05-Bodleian-Ashmole-1511-fol-21r-monoceros-768x755.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Biche-05-Bodleian-Ashmole-1511-fol-21r-monoceros-1536x1510.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Biche-05-Bodleian-Ashmole-1511-fol-21r-monoceros-305x300.jpg 305w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1986px) 100vw, 1986px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Ce monoc\u00e9ros \u00e0 corne lisse et dor\u00e9e fait indiscutablement penser \u00e0 une antilope, plus que l\u2019animal portant ce nom dans ce bestiaire anglais du XIIIe si\u00e8cle. La principale caract\u00e9ristique de l\u2019antilope des bestiaires m\u00e9di\u00e9vaux est une propension \u00e0 se coincer les cornes dans les broussailles, ce qui est bien pratique pour les chasseurs.\n<br \/>Bodleian library, ms Ashmole 1511, fol 21r<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2039\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1043\" data-id=\"1043\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-Library-MS-Ashmole-1511_00037_fol-14r-2048x2039.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-Library-MS-Ashmole-1511_00037_fol-14r-2048x2039.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-Library-MS-Ashmole-1511_00037_fol-14r-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-Library-MS-Ashmole-1511_00037_fol-14r-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-Library-MS-Ashmole-1511_00037_fol-14r-768x765.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-Library-MS-Ashmole-1511_00037_fol-14r-1536x1530.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-Library-MS-Ashmole-1511_00037_fol-14r-301x300.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Les cornes en dents de scie  de l&#8217;antilope se sont prises dans les branchages, permettant aux chasseurs de tuer l&#8217;animal.<br \/>\n<br \/>Bodleian library, ms Ashmole 1511, fol 14r<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>La b\u00eate qui court dans la for\u00eat n\u2019est plus ni le chevreau des bestiaires, ni le lourd monoceros au mugissement horrible. Quand elle tente de semer ses poursuivants, cette fine cavale aux sabots fendus bondit avec la l\u00e9g\u00e8ret\u00e9 d\u2019une biche. Sur un br\u00e9viaire dominicain copi\u00e9 en Allemagne vers 1500, l&#8217;enlumineur a m\u00eame dessin\u00e9 une chasse mystique o\u00f9 la licorne est remplac\u00e9e par un cerf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1750\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-7168\" data-id=\"7168\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Harvard-Houghton-Library-ms-Richardson-39-fol-228v-breviaire-dominicain-circa-1500-1-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Harvard-Houghton-Library-ms-Richardson-39-fol-228v-breviaire-dominicain-circa-1500-1-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Harvard-Houghton-Library-ms-Richardson-39-fol-228v-breviaire-dominicain-circa-1500-1-1-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Harvard-Houghton-Library-ms-Richardson-39-fol-228v-breviaire-dominicain-circa-1500-1-1-768x1120.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Harvard-Houghton-Library-ms-Richardson-39-fol-228v-breviaire-dominicain-circa-1500-1-1-1053x1536.jpg 1053w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Br\u00e9viaire dominicain, circa 1500. Harvard, Houghton Library, ms Richardson 39, fol 228v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1710\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-7171\" data-id=\"7171\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Harvard-Houghton-Library-ms-Richardson-39-fol-229r-breviaire-dominicain-circa-1500-.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Harvard-Houghton-Library-ms-Richardson-39-fol-229r-breviaire-dominicain-circa-1500-.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Harvard-Houghton-Library-ms-Richardson-39-fol-229r-breviaire-dominicain-circa-1500--211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Harvard-Houghton-Library-ms-Richardson-39-fol-229r-breviaire-dominicain-circa-1500--768x1094.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Harvard-Houghton-Library-ms-Richardson-39-fol-229r-breviaire-dominicain-circa-1500--1078x1536.jpg 1078w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">fol 229r.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Si la vierge disparait, et c&#8217;est bien s\u00fbr le cas dans les manuscrits juifs, il ne reste qu&#8217;une chasse \u00e0 courre, comme celle au cerf ou au sanglier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1621\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2357\" data-id=\"2357\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Hamburg-cod-Levy-19-fol-97r-2048x1621.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Hamburg-cod-Levy-19-fol-97r-2048x1621.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Hamburg-cod-Levy-19-fol-97r-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Hamburg-cod-Levy-19-fol-97r-768x608.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Hamburg-cod-Levy-19-fol-97r-1536x1216.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Hamburg-cod-Levy-19-fol-97r-379x300.jpg 379w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Torah copi\u00e9e en Allemagne au XIVe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nHamburg UB, cod Levy 19, fol 97r.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"805\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2362\" data-id=\"2362\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Angers-universite-catholique-impr-998024-fol-4r.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Angers-universite-catholique-impr-998024-fol-4r.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Angers-universite-catholique-impr-998024-fol-4r-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Angers-universite-catholique-impr-998024-fol-4r-768x302.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Angers-universite-catholique-impr-998024-fol-4r-1536x604.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Angers-universite-catholique-impr-998024-fol-4r-500x197.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Mazo d\u00e9signe le mois de mai dans le dialecte italien des carmes pour lesquelles a \u00e9t\u00e9 imprim\u00e9e ce livre d\u2019heures, au tout d\u00e9but du XVe si\u00e8cle. On peut en d\u00e9duire que le mois de mai est la meilleure p\u00e9riode pour la chasse \u00e0 la licorne.<br \/>\nBiblioth\u00e8que de l\u2019universit\u00e9 catholique d\u2019Angers, Impr. 998024, fol 4r.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1329\" height=\"507\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1022\" data-id=\"1022\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/KBR-ms-II-7619-fol-243r-livre-dheures-de-Jan-van-Amerongen-et-Mary-van-Vronenstey-circa-1460.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/KBR-ms-II-7619-fol-243r-livre-dheures-de-Jan-van-Amerongen-et-Mary-van-Vronenstey-circa-1460.jpg 1329w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/KBR-ms-II-7619-fol-243r-livre-dheures-de-Jan-van-Amerongen-et-Mary-van-Vronenstey-circa-1460-300x114.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/KBR-ms-II-7619-fol-243r-livre-dheures-de-Jan-van-Amerongen-et-Mary-van-Vronenstey-circa-1460-768x293.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/KBR-ms-II-7619-fol-243r-livre-dheures-de-Jan-van-Amerongen-et-Mary-van-Vronenstey-circa-1460-500x191.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1329px) 100vw, 1329px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>Livre d&#8217;heures de Jan van Amerongen et Mary van Vronenstey, <\/i>circa 1520.<br \/>\nBruxelles, KBR, ms II 7619, fol 243r.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1064\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2356\" data-id=\"2356\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chasse-Abbaye-de-maredsous-ms-F-31-fol-105r-.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chasse-Abbaye-de-maredsous-ms-F-31-fol-105r-.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chasse-Abbaye-de-maredsous-ms-F-31-fol-105r--300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chasse-Abbaye-de-maredsous-ms-F-31-fol-105r--768x399.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chasse-Abbaye-de-maredsous-ms-F-31-fol-105r--1536x798.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chasse-Abbaye-de-maredsous-ms-F-31-fol-105r--500x260.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>Br\u00e9viaire \u00e0 l&#8217;usage de l&#8217;Abbaye Saint-Adrien de Grammont<\/i>, circa 1450.<br \/>\nAbbaye de Maredsous, ms Fol 3 1, fol 105r.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Au mus\u00e9e des Cloisters de New York, se trouve une s\u00e9rie de tapisseries, moins connue,&nbsp; contemporaine de celle de la chasse \u00e0 la licorne, la chasse au <em>cerf fragile<\/em>.&nbsp; La mise en sc\u00e8ne y fait penser aux chasses mystiques \u00e0 la licorne, mais la signification all\u00e9gorique est toute autre. Le cerf est ici l\u2019homme poursuivi tout au long de sa vie par ses d\u00e9mons. Sur la tapisserie du Met, mais ce n\u2019est pas toujours le cas, les chasseurs sont des femmes. Elles ont pour nom vanit\u00e9, vieillesse, ignorance et leurs chiens sont envie, peur, h\u00e2te et outrecuidance. Les parisiens peuvent admirer une autre <em>chasse au cerf fragile<\/em> au Mus\u00e9e de la Chasse et de la Nature. Si la s\u00e9rie de la <em>Chasse \u00e0 la licorne<\/em> est unique, bien des ch\u00e2teaux d\u2019Europe ont, accroch\u00e9es sur leurs murs, des sc\u00e8nes similaires de chasse au cerf fragile et humain, de vaine chasse au cerf blanc que nul ne rattrape jamais, ou tout simplement chasse au cerf, loisir ostentatoire des nobles et des puissants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1596\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1031\" data-id=\"1031\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Biche-08-Chasse-au-cerf-2048x1596.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Biche-08-Chasse-au-cerf-2048x1596.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Biche-08-Chasse-au-cerf-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Biche-08-Chasse-au-cerf-768x598.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Biche-08-Chasse-au-cerf-1536x1197.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Biche-08-Chasse-au-cerf-385x300.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>La chasse au cerf fragile, <\/i>circa 1400.<br \/>\nMetropolitan Museum, New York, cote 50.145.4\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1399\" height=\"1396\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1014\" data-id=\"1014\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-115-fol-519v-Lancelot.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-115-fol-519v-Lancelot.jpg 1399w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-115-fol-519v-Lancelot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-115-fol-519v-Lancelot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-115-fol-519v-Lancelot-768x766.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-115-fol-519v-Lancelot-301x300.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1399px) 100vw, 1399px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Lancelot et Mordred voient passer un cerf blanc conduit par des lions. Le cerf, comme la licorne, est symbole du Christ, et les lions sont ici les quatre \u00e9vang\u00e9listes.\n<i>Roman de Lancelot, <\/i>Atelier d\u2019Evrard d\u2019Espinques, circa 1475.\nBNF, ms fr 115, fol 519v            \n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1461\" height=\"1171\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-7030\" data-id=\"7030\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BL-Add-ms-10294-fol-45v-Lancelot-Graal-1316.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BL-Add-ms-10294-fol-45v-Lancelot-Graal-1316.jpg 1461w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BL-Add-ms-10294-fol-45v-Lancelot-Graal-1316-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BL-Add-ms-10294-fol-45v-Lancelot-Graal-1316-768x616.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BL-Add-ms-10294-fol-45v-Lancelot-Graal-1316-374x300.jpg 374w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1461px) 100vw, 1461px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>Lancelot<\/i>, 1316. British Library, Add ms 10294, fol 45v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c0 partir du XVIe si\u00e8cle, les descriptions que font des licornes les rares voyageurs \u00e0 pouvoir en observer en Inde ou en \u00c9thiopie les assimilent de moins en moins \u00e0 des b\u0153ufs, des chevaux ou des rhinoc\u00e9ros, et de plus en plus \u00e0 des antilopes \u2013 autant dire \u00e0 des biches. Certes, les explorateurs et quelques savants persistent \u00e0 assurer que la licorne&nbsp;vit <em>en Inde<\/em> et <em>es desertz<\/em>, mais lissiers et peintres la dessinent d\u00e9sormais dans des paysages de for\u00eats europ\u00e9ennes, c\u00f4toyant tant\u00f4t de jeunes vierges habill\u00e9es en dame de cour, tant\u00f4t des cerfs, des biches, des ours, des loups et des sylvains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1832\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-5008-Res-fol-133r-Jean-Mansel-La-Fleur-des-Histoires-Les-moeeurs-des-saxons-sauna-1454--1832x2048.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-5008-Res-fol-133r-Jean-Mansel-La-Fleur-des-Histoires-Les-moeeurs-des-saxons-sauna-1454--1832x2048.jpg 1832w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-5008-Res-fol-133r-Jean-Mansel-La-Fleur-des-Histoires-Les-moeeurs-des-saxons-sauna-1454--268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-5008-Res-fol-133r-Jean-Mansel-La-Fleur-des-Histoires-Les-moeeurs-des-saxons-sauna-1454--768x859.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-5008-Res-fol-133r-Jean-Mansel-La-Fleur-des-Histoires-Les-moeeurs-des-saxons-sauna-1454--1374x1536.jpg 1374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1832px) 100vw, 1832px\" \/><figcaption>Les m\u0153urs des saxons. M\u00eame s\u2019il vit dans le coin, je ne pense pas que l\u2019homme en manteau rouge soit le p\u00e8re No\u00ebl.<br \/> Jean Mansel,<em> La Fleur des Histoires<\/em>, 1454.   <span style=\"color:#9e9e9e\" class=\"tadv-color\">BNF, ms fr 5008, fol 133r            <\/span> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Une licorne, et plusieurs cerfs ou rennes unicornes, ou unibois, apparaissent ainsi dans la for\u00eat scandinave d\u2019une superbe miniature du XVe si\u00e8cle, peut-\u00eatre la premi\u00e8re repr\u00e9sentation d\u2019un sauna nordique. Sur un jeu de cartes allemand imprim\u00e9 vers 1450, constitu\u00e9 de cinq familles de dix cartes, oiseaux, fleurs, lions et ours, cerfs, hommes sauvages, l\u2019unique licorne figure sur le deux de cerfs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1949\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Tapisserie-XVIe-collection-privee-1949x2048.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Tapisserie-XVIe-collection-privee-1949x2048.jpg 1949w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Tapisserie-XVIe-collection-privee-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Tapisserie-XVIe-collection-privee-768x807.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Tapisserie-XVIe-collection-privee-1462x1536.jpg 1462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1949px) 100vw, 1949px\" \/><figcaption>Le cerf et la licorne ont l&#8217;air de bien s&#8217;entendre. Pourtant, sur la tapisserie suivante, lorsqu&#8217;un lion attaque la licorne, le cerf s&#8217;\u00e9clipse l\u00e2chement, comme s&#8217;il n&#8217;avait rien vu. Je n&#8217;ai malheureusement pas de photo de cette autre sc\u00e8ne. <span style=\"color:#949494\" class=\"tadv-color\">Collection priv\u00e9e.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Une tr\u00e8s belle image illustrant les po\u00e8mes alchimiques de Lambsprinck, d&#8217;abord sur les manuscrits puis sur les \u00e9ditions imprim\u00e9es, repr\u00e9sente un cerf et une licorne dans une \u00e9paisse for\u00eat. Son sens originel \u00e9tait purement symbolique, mais une gravure d&#8217;une \u00e9dition du XVIIe si\u00e8cle a \u00e9t\u00e9 si fr\u00e9quemment reprise dans de nombreux ouvrages qu\u2019elle a sans doute contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 faire de la licorne une sorte de biche, un animal rare mais bien de chez nous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1600\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1032\" data-id=\"1032\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Alchimie-05-Lambsprinck.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Alchimie-05-Lambsprinck.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Alchimie-05-Lambsprinck-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Alchimie-05-Lambsprinck-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Alchimie-05-Lambsprinck-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Alchimie-05-Lambsprinck-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>Po\u00e8mes alchimiques<\/i> de Lambspringk, \u00e9dition de 1625<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1340\" height=\"1324\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2350\" data-id=\"2350\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/ONB-cod-10102-fol-2v-Gedicht-und-Noten-uber-die-Alchemie-vers-1550.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/ONB-cod-10102-fol-2v-Gedicht-und-Noten-uber-die-Alchemie-vers-1550.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/ONB-cod-10102-fol-2v-Gedicht-und-Noten-uber-die-Alchemie-vers-1550-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/ONB-cod-10102-fol-2v-Gedicht-und-Noten-uber-die-Alchemie-vers-1550-768x759.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/ONB-cod-10102-fol-2v-Gedicht-und-Noten-uber-die-Alchemie-vers-1550-304x300.jpg 304w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1340px) 100vw, 1340px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Gedicht und Noten u\u0308ber die Alchemie, circa 1550.<br \/>\u00d6sterreichische Nationalbibliothek, cod 10102, fol 2v<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1388\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2355\" data-id=\"2355\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Jeu-de-cartes-2-de-daims-et-cerfs.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Jeu-de-cartes-2-de-daims-et-cerfs.jpg 1388w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Jeu-de-cartes-2-de-daims-et-cerfs-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Jeu-de-cartes-2-de-daims-et-cerfs-768x1133.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Jeu-de-cartes-2-de-daims-et-cerfs-1041x1536.jpg 1041w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1388px) 100vw, 1388px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Jeu de cartes, 2 de daims et cerfs, <br \/>Mai\u0302tre des cartes a\u0300 jouer, XVe\u0300me sie\u0300cle<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1523\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2546\" data-id=\"2546\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cleveland-Museum-of-Art-Guillaume-Crettin-circa-1530-1523x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cleveland-Museum-of-Art-Guillaume-Crettin-circa-1530-1523x2048.jpg 1523w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cleveland-Museum-of-Art-Guillaume-Crettin-circa-1530-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cleveland-Museum-of-Art-Guillaume-Crettin-circa-1530-768x1033.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cleveland-Museum-of-Art-Guillaume-Crettin-circa-1530-1142x1536.jpg 1142w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cleveland-Museum-of-Art-Guillaume-Crettin-circa-1530-scaled.jpg 1903w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1523px) 100vw, 1523px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Guillaume Crte\u0301tin, <i>De\u0301bat entre deux dames sur le passetemps des chiens et oyseaux,<\/i> circa 1530.<br \/>\nCleveland Museum of Art, 1991.157<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-7599\" data-id=\"7599\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/cerf-et-licorne-circa-1510-collection-privee.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/cerf-et-licorne-circa-1510-collection-privee.jpg 800w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/cerf-et-licorne-circa-1510-collection-privee-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/cerf-et-licorne-circa-1510-collection-privee-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Le cerf et la licorne, circa 1510. Collection priv\u00e9e.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>La licorne qui, au XVIIIe si\u00e8cle, dispara\u00eet des trait\u00e9s de zoologie et des r\u00e9cits de voyage n\u2019est d\u00e9j\u00e0 plus tout \u00e0 fait celle du Moyen \u00c2ge. Lorsqu\u2019elle r\u00e9apparait au XIXe si\u00e8cle, c\u2019est une antilope unicorne que les explorateurs britanniques partent chasser en vain dans les colonies de la couronne, et c\u2019est une blanche biche unicorne que les romantiques r\u00e9inventent en cr\u00e9ature f\u00e9\u00e9rique, sylvestre et presque nordique.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Munster-Cosmographia-1552.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1025\" width=\"527\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Munster-Cosmographia-1552.jpg 1083w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Munster-Cosmographia-1552-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Munster-Cosmographia-1552-768x700.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Munster-Cosmographia-1552-329x300.jpg 329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><figcaption>Dans la <em>Cosmographia Universalis<\/em> de S\u00e9bastien Munster, en 1552, cette curieuse gravure illustre le chapitre sur les animaux de Franconie, c\u2019est \u00e0 dire du nord de la Bavi\u00e8re, r\u00e9gion que le cosmographe suisse devait pourtant bien conna\u00eetre. C\u2019est effectivement un coin \u00e0 licornes, mais uniquement h\u00e9raldiques.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#efe9e9\"><strong>Unicorn and the White Doe<\/strong><br \/><br \/>&#8221; Alone<br \/>Through forests evergreen,<br \/>By legend known,<br \/>By no eye seen,<br \/>Unmated,<br \/>Unbailed,<br \/>Untrembling between<br \/>The shifting shadows,<br \/>The sudden echoes.<br \/>Deathless I go<br \/>Unheard, unseen,&#8221;<br \/>Says the White Doe.<br \/><br \/>Unicorn with bursting heart<br \/>Breath of love hath drawn<br \/>On his desolate crags apart<br \/>At rumour of dawn ;<br \/><br \/>Has volleyed forth his pride<br \/>Twenty thousand years mute.<br \/>Tossed his horn from side to side.<br \/>Lunged with his foot<br \/><br \/>&#8221; Like a storm of sand I run<br \/>Breaking the desert&#8217;s boundaries,<br \/>I go in hiding from the sun<br \/>In thick shade of trees.<br \/><br \/>Straight was the track I took<br \/>Across the plains, but here with briar<br \/>And mire the tangled alleys crook,<br \/>Baulking desire.<br \/><br \/>And there, what glinted white ?<br \/>(A bough still shakes.)<br \/>What was it darted from my sight<br \/>Through the forest brakes ?<br \/><br \/>Where are you fled from me ?<br \/>I pursue, you fade ;<br \/>I run, you hide from me<br \/>In the dark glade.<br \/><br \/>Towering straight the trees grow,<br \/>The grass grows thick.<br \/>Where you are I do not know,<br \/>You fly so quick.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1961\" height=\"949\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/wawel-tapisserie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/wawel-tapisserie.jpg 1961w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/wawel-tapisserie-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/wawel-tapisserie-768x372.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/wawel-tapisserie-1536x743.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/wawel-tapisserie-500x242.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1961px) 100vw, 1961px\" \/><figcaption><i>Le cerf et la licorne<\/i>, circa 1550.<br \/>Mus\u00e9e du Wavel, Cracovie.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#efe9e9\">&#8221; Seek me not here<br \/>Lodged among mortal deer, &#8220;<br \/>Says the White Doe ; &#8220;<br \/>&#8221; Keeping one place<br \/>Held by the ties of Space,&#8221;<br \/>Says the White Doe.<br \/>&#8221; I<br \/>Equally<br \/>In air<br \/>Above your bare<br \/>Hill crest, your basalt lair,<br \/>Mirage-reflected drink<br \/>At the clear pool&#8217;s brink ;<br \/>With tigers at play<br \/>In the glare of day<br \/>Blithely I stray;<br \/>Under shadow of myrtle<br \/>With Phoenix and his Turtle<br \/>For all time true ;<br \/>With Gryphons at grass<br \/>Under the Upas,<br \/>Sipping warm dew<br \/>That falls hourly new;<br \/>I, unattainable<br \/>Complete, incomprehensible,<br \/>No mate for you.<br \/><br \/>In sun&#8217;s beam<br \/>Or star-gleam,<br \/>No mate for you,<br \/>No mate for you,&#8221;<br \/>Says the White Doe.<br \/><br \/>Robert Graves, Unicorn and the White Doe, 1921<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"984\" height=\"953\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/St-Josef-Saarbrucken-Kommunionbank-1912.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/St-Josef-Saarbrucken-Kommunionbank-1912.jpg 984w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/St-Josef-Saarbrucken-Kommunionbank-1912-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/St-Josef-Saarbrucken-Kommunionbank-1912-768x744.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/St-Josef-Saarbrucken-Kommunionbank-1912-310x300.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/><figcaption>Banc de l&#8217;\u00e9glise Saint-Joseph de Saarbr\u00fccken, 1912.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e6faed\"><em>La derni\u00e8re licorne<\/em> du charmant roman de Peter S. Beagle est aussi une biche.<em> \u00ab&nbsp;<\/em>Elle ne ressemblait pas du tout \u00e0 un cheval unicorne comme on repr\u00e9sente souvent les licornes. Elle \u00e9tait plus menue, avec des pieds fourchus. Elle avait cette gr\u00e2ce ancestrale et sauvage que les chevaux n\u2019ont jamais eue, qu\u2019on trouve chez le daim en une p\u00e2le et timide imitation et chez les ch\u00e8vres dans leur simulacre de danse. Son cou, long et mince, faisait para\u00eetre sa t\u00eate plus petite qu\u2019elle n\u2019\u00e9tait. Sa crini\u00e8re descendait presque jusqu\u2019au bas de son dos et \u00e9tait aussi douce que le duvet du pissenlit et aussi fine qu\u2019un cirrhe. La longue corne au-dessus de ses yeux brillait et scintillait sous l\u2019effet de sa propre lumi\u00e8re de coquillage, m\u00eame au plus profond de la nuit. C\u2019est avec elle qu\u2019elle avait tu\u00e9 des dragons, gu\u00e9ri un roi dont la blessure empoisonn\u00e9e ne voulait pas se refermer et fait tomber des noisettes pour des oursons.&nbsp;\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1124\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/611601-lions_gate_entertainment1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/611601-lions_gate_entertainment1.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/611601-lions_gate_entertainment1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/611601-lions_gate_entertainment1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/611601-lions_gate_entertainment1-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/611601-lions_gate_entertainment1-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption>Schmendrick le magicien et la derni\u00e8re licorne.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Les l\u00e9gendes m\u00e9di\u00e9vales sur la blanche biche ou le cerf blanc ne les confondent jamais avec la licorne, mais celle-ci a quand m\u00eame quelques caract\u00e9ristiques des cervid\u00e9s. Dans les chasses fantastiques des l\u00e9gendes d\u2019Europe, comme la chasse-galerie ou la mesnie-hellequin, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/2021\/11\/27\/licorne-ou-blanche-biche\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contes-legendes-et-allegories"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/St-Josef-Saarbrucken-Kommunionbank-1912.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1001"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7601,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001\/revisions\/7601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}