{"id":1785,"date":"2021-09-27T12:57:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T12:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/?p=1785"},"modified":"2023-01-06T16:55:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T16:55:52","slug":"la-solitude-christique-de-la-licorne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/2021\/09\/27\/la-solitude-christique-de-la-licorne\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2795 La solitude christique de la licorne"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#723da1\"><strong>Les couples de licornes sont rares dans l\u2019iconographie du Moyen \u00c2ge et de la Renaissance, et on n\u2019y trouve aucune famille avec enfants. C\u2019est parce qu\u2019elle repr\u00e9sente le Christ que la licorne est, plus souvent que les autres animaux, dessin\u00e9e solitaire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1352\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Skrobelev-church.-Photo-Roberto-Fortuna-2048x1352.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Skrobelev-church.-Photo-Roberto-Fortuna-2048x1352.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Skrobelev-church.-Photo-Roberto-Fortuna-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Skrobelev-church.-Photo-Roberto-Fortuna-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Skrobelev-church.-Photo-Roberto-Fortuna-1536x1014.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Skrobelev-church.-Photo-Roberto-Fortuna-455x300.jpg 455w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Le Christ et la licorne au plafond de l\u2019\u00e9glise de Skr\u00f8belev, au Danemark, circa 1500.<br \/><span style=\"color:#9e9e9e\" class=\"tadv-color\"> Photo Roberto Fortuna. <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Le volumineux trait\u00e9 du franciscain J\u00fcrgen Werinhard Einhorn est l\u2019ouvrage de r\u00e9f\u00e9rence sur les repr\u00e9sentations m\u00e9di\u00e9vales de la licorne. Les commentaires, qui montrent une impressionnante \u00e9rudition, font une large place \u00e0 la symbolique religieuse, et \u00e0 la licorne comme image du Christ. C\u2019est d\u2019une phrase ouvrant le chapitre sur la licorne dans un manuscrit du Physiologus en latin, <em>Sic est dominus noster Iesus Christus spiritalis unicornis <\/em>\u2013 (Ceci est Notre Seigneur J\u00e9sus Christ, la licorne spirituelle), que le p\u00e8re Einhorn, dont c\u2019est le vrai nom, a tir\u00e9 le titre de son ouvrage, <em>Spiritalis Unicornis.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1760\" height=\"1052\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-fr-22532-fol-310v.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-fr-22532-fol-310v.jpg 1760w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-fr-22532-fol-310v-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-fr-22532-fol-310v-768x459.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-fr-22532-fol-310v-1536x918.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-fr-22532-fol-310v-500x300.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1760px) 100vw, 1760px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cette blanche licorne \u00e0 la silhouette de chevreau, fid\u00e8le au mod\u00e8le du Physiologus, a un petit air d\u2019agneau pascal. <br \/>Barth\u00e9l\u00e9my l\u2019Anglais, <em>Livre des propri\u00e9t\u00e9s des choses<\/em>, XVe si\u00e8cle. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>L\u2019un des grands soucis de ceux que l\u2019on a appel\u00e9 les&nbsp;P\u00e8res de l\u2019\u00c9glise, entre fin de l\u2019Antiquit\u00e9 et d\u00e9but du Moyen \u00c2ge, fut de trouver dans l\u2019Ancien Testament les pr\u00e9sages du nouveau. Le <em>monoceros<\/em> des Septante, devenu l\u2019unicorne ou rhinoc\u00e9ros de la Vulgate, \u00e9tait signal\u00e9 pour sa force, et sa corne unique devint un symbole de l\u2019unicit\u00e9 et de la puissance du Christ, voire m\u00eame, chez Saint Jean Chrysost\u00f4me \u00e0 la fin du IVe si\u00e8cle, une image de la croix&nbsp;: \u00ab&nbsp;J\u00e9sus Christ combat ses adversaires avec sa croix comme une corne&nbsp;; c\u2019est dans cette corne que repose notre confiance<a href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a>&nbsp;\u00bb. L\u2019image ne prit cependant pas vraiment, et au Moyen \u00c2ge c\u2019est le cerf qui, avec la l\u00e9gende Saint Hubert, devint crucif\u00e8re, la croix brillant entre ses bois.<\/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=\"1242\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1808\" data-id=\"1808\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Walters-W82-fol-31r-1242x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Walters-W82-fol-31r-1242x2048.jpg 1242w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Walters-W82-fol-31r-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Walters-W82-fol-31r-768x1267.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Walters-W82-fol-31r-931x1536.jpg 931w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Walters-W82-fol-31r.jpg 1455w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1242px) 100vw, 1242px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">J\u2019ai bien vu qu\u2019il y avait deux licornes, mais j\u2019ai surtout mis cette image ici parce qu\u2019elles y c\u00f4toient le cerf crucif\u00e8re \u2013 et un peu obsc\u00e8ne aussi, car toutes sortes de r\u00e9f\u00e9rences peuvent se m\u00e9langer dans les marges des psautiers et livres d\u2019heure.\nPsautier, circa 1320.<br \/>\nBaltimore, Walters Art Museum, ms W 82, fol 31r<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"818\" height=\"1140\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2203\" data-id=\"2203\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/breviaire-circa-1477-Allemagne-ou-Suisse-collection-privee.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/breviaire-circa-1477-Allemagne-ou-Suisse-collection-privee.jpg 818w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/breviaire-circa-1477-Allemagne-ou-Suisse-collection-privee-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/breviaire-circa-1477-Allemagne-ou-Suisse-collection-privee-768x1070.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">La licorne christique surveille et prot\u00e8ge le troupeau des fid\u00e8les sur ce br\u00e9viaire suisse ou allemand du XVe si\u00e8cle.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1432\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3062\" data-id=\"3062\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Chasse-la-licorne-captive-1432x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Chasse-la-licorne-captive-1432x2048.jpg 1432w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Chasse-la-licorne-captive-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Chasse-la-licorne-captive-768x1098.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Chasse-la-licorne-captive-1074x1536.jpg 1074w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Chasse-la-licorne-captive.jpg 1678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1432px) 100vw, 1432px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">La licorne captive de la derni\u00e8re tapisserie des Cloisters est aussi le Christ ressuscit\u00e9.<\/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>Nul, en principe, ne tenait la licorne pour unique, comme le ph\u00e9nix. \u00c9lien de Pr\u00e9neste, dans son trait\u00e9 <em>de la nature des animaux<\/em>,au d\u00e9but du IIIe si\u00e8cle, assurait certes que le Cartazon des Indes vivait seul, \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9cart de ses cong\u00e9n\u00e8res, mais cela implique qu\u2019il avait des cong\u00e9n\u00e8res. En outre, il devenait plus sociable durant la saison des amours et la jeunesse de ses petits, dont il prenait grand soin.<\/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\/Tempietto-Longobardo-Cividale-photo-Wie-worlf-Flickr.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2055\" width=\"521\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Tempietto-Longobardo-Cividale-photo-Wie-worlf-Flickr.jpg 1927w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Tempietto-Longobardo-Cividale-photo-Wie-worlf-Flickr-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Tempietto-Longobardo-Cividale-photo-Wie-worlf-Flickr-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Tempietto-Longobardo-Cividale-photo-Wie-worlf-Flickr-1536x1015.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Tempietto-Longobardo-Cividale-photo-Wie-worlf-Flickr-454x300.jpg 454w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Le lion et la licorne, chacun avec un petit, sur un bas-relief lombard du VIIIe si\u00e8cle. Oratoire de Sainte Marie, Cividale del Friuli, Italie.<br \/><span style=\"color:#9e9e9e\" class=\"tadv-color\">Photo Wie-Wolf, Flickr.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Dans les r\u00e9cits m\u00e9di\u00e9vaux, comme dans les images peintes ou sculpt\u00e9es, la licorne \u00e9tait cependant l\u2019image du Christ, que nul n\u2019avait jamais repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 en famille, avec femme et enfants \u2013 avec ses potes \u00e0 l\u2019occasion, un soir de beuverie, mais c\u2019est autre chose. Il est donc rare, sur les miniatures ou les tapisseries, de voir plusieurs licornes, except\u00e9 dans les sc\u00e8nes comme l\u2019embarquement \u00e0 bord de l\u2019Arche o\u00f9 tous les animaux sont repr\u00e9sent\u00e9s en couple.<\/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\/Holzkirchen-photo-Peter-Ackermann.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1797\" width=\"522\" height=\"610\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dieu le p\u00e8re et le Christ repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 par une licorne.<br \/>Bas-relief roman de l\u2019abbaye b\u00e9n\u00e9dictine de Holzkirchen, en Allemagne, XIIe si\u00e8cle.<br \/><span style=\"color:#9e9e9e\" class=\"tadv-color\">Photo Peter Ackermann, Flickr.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Sur les murs de l\u2019\u00e9glise baroque de Holzkirchen, en Allemagne, un \u00e9nigmatique bas-relief roman provient sans doute d\u2019un ancien monast\u00e8re b\u00e9n\u00e9dictin du XIIe si\u00e8cle. Un vieil homme barbu qui change un peu des jeunes vierges y tient dans ses bras une licorne \u00e0 la corne recourb\u00e9e. C\u2019est peut-\u00eatre une repr\u00e9sentation de Dieu le p\u00e8re et du Christ. L\u2019image est inhabituelle, mais au XIIe si\u00e8cle, quand elle fut sculpt\u00e9e, les all\u00e9gories n\u2019\u00e9taient pas harmonis\u00e9es dans toute l\u2019Europe comme elles le seraient \u00e0 la fin du Moyen \u00c2ge.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1416\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-352-fol-3rGuillaume-de-Tyr-Les-saints-lieux-de-Jerusalem-circa-1350--1416x2048.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-352-fol-3rGuillaume-de-Tyr-Les-saints-lieux-de-Jerusalem-circa-1350--1416x2048.jpg 1416w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-352-fol-3rGuillaume-de-Tyr-Les-saints-lieux-de-Jerusalem-circa-1350--207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-352-fol-3rGuillaume-de-Tyr-Les-saints-lieux-de-Jerusalem-circa-1350--768x1111.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-352-fol-3rGuillaume-de-Tyr-Les-saints-lieux-de-Jerusalem-circa-1350--1062x1536.jpg 1062w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-352-fol-3rGuillaume-de-Tyr-Les-saints-lieux-de-Jerusalem-circa-1350--scaled.jpg 1770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1416px) 100vw, 1416px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-small-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#e2f9c9\">Cil damoisiaus qui fu n\u00e9s en Bethl\u00e9em est cil dont David dist : C&#8217;est li chiers fiex de l\u2019unicorne. Unicorne est une beste petite et resamble chevrael et n&#8217;a c&#8217;une corne. A paines le poent penre venerres en bois. Si vous dirai comment l&#8217;en le prent. Ou lieu que on seit o\u00f9 elle hante, on prent une pucele bele, blance et tenre, et bien vestue et acesm\u00e9e des plus biaus garnemens que on poent avoir. En cel lieu siet la pucele toute seule. La beste unicorne vient qui voit la pucele seule, et li saut ou saim et l&#8217;embrace et l\u00e0 s&#8217;endort. Et l\u00e0 la prent-on. Ceste beste senefie le fil Dieu. La beste na cune corne. li piere et li fiex nont cune corne.Si come dit li evangiles, <em>ego et pater unum sumus.<\/em><br \/><br \/><em>Les Saints lieux de J\u00e9rusalem, <\/em>BNF, ms fr 352, fol 3r.<\/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=\"1617\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1814\" data-id=\"1814\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Passions-08-Bodleian-ms-Douce-308-fol-94r-Li-arriere-bans-damor-2048x1617.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Passions-08-Bodleian-ms-Douce-308-fol-94r-Li-arriere-bans-damor-2048x1617.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Passions-08-Bodleian-ms-Douce-308-fol-94r-Li-arriere-bans-damor-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Passions-08-Bodleian-ms-Douce-308-fol-94r-Li-arriere-bans-damor-768x606.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Passions-08-Bodleian-ms-Douce-308-fol-94r-Li-arriere-bans-damor-1536x1212.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Passions-08-Bodleian-ms-Douce-308-fol-94r-Li-arriere-bans-damor-380x300.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Sur ce bestiaire du XIVe si\u00e8cle, les chasseurs ont plut\u00f4t une allure de soldats.<br \/>\nOxford, Bodleian Library, ms Douce 388, fol 94r<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1129\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1813\" data-id=\"1813\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Passions-07-Getty-ms-100-fol.11--2048x1129.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Passions-07-Getty-ms-100-fol.11--2048x1129.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Passions-07-Getty-ms-100-fol.11--300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Passions-07-Getty-ms-100-fol.11--768x424.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Passions-07-Getty-ms-100-fol.11--1536x847.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Passions-07-Getty-ms-100-fol.11--500x276.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Bestiaire, circa 1250.<br \/>Los Angeles, Paul Getty Museum, ms 100, fol 11r.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1780\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1812\" data-id=\"1812\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Passions-02-BL-ms-Harley-4751-fol-6v-Bestiaire-vers-1200-2048x1780.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Passions-02-BL-ms-Harley-4751-fol-6v-Bestiaire-vers-1200-2048x1780.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Passions-02-BL-ms-Harley-4751-fol-6v-Bestiaire-vers-1200-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Passions-02-BL-ms-Harley-4751-fol-6v-Bestiaire-vers-1200-768x668.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Passions-02-BL-ms-Harley-4751-fol-6v-Bestiaire-vers-1200-1536x1335.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Passions-02-BL-ms-Harley-4751-fol-6v-Bestiaire-vers-1200-345x300.jpg 345w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Bestiaire, circa 1200.<br \/>\nBritish Library, ms Harley 4751, fol 6v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1909\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1811\" data-id=\"1811\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Passions-01-Bodleian-Ashmole-1511-fol-14v-Unicornis-seu-rinoceros-2048x1909.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Passions-01-Bodleian-Ashmole-1511-fol-14v-Unicornis-seu-rinoceros-2048x1909.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Passions-01-Bodleian-Ashmole-1511-fol-14v-Unicornis-seu-rinoceros-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Passions-01-Bodleian-Ashmole-1511-fol-14v-Unicornis-seu-rinoceros-768x716.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Passions-01-Bodleian-Ashmole-1511-fol-14v-Unicornis-seu-rinoceros-1536x1432.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Passions-01-Bodleian-Ashmole-1511-fol-14v-Unicornis-seu-rinoceros-322x300.jpg 322w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Bestiaire du XIIIe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nOxford, Bodleian library, ms Ashmole 1511, fol 14v.<\/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 illustrations des bestiaires, mais aussi souvent dans les marges des livres d&#8217;heures, br\u00e9viaires et psautiers de la fin du Moyen \u00c2ge, la chasse \u00e0 la licorne est une repr\u00e9sentation de la Passion du Christ. La licorne a la corne au flanc transperc\u00e9 par les chasseurs, dont les gouttes de sang ressortent sur le poil blanc ou beige, ne peut bien s\u00fbr \u00eatre que solitaire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1525\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-fr-14969-fol-26v-Bestiaire-de-Guillaume-le-Clerc.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-fr-14969-fol-26v-Bestiaire-de-Guillaume-le-Clerc.jpg 1525w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-fr-14969-fol-26v-Bestiaire-de-Guillaume-le-Clerc-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-fr-14969-fol-26v-Bestiaire-de-Guillaume-le-Clerc-768x356.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-fr-14969-fol-26v-Bestiaire-de-Guillaume-le-Clerc-500x232.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1525px) 100vw, 1525px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bestiaire de Guillaume le Clerc, XIIIe si\u00e8cle. BNF, ms fr 14969, fol 26v.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dans un manuscrit du XIIIe si\u00e8cle du bestiaire de Guillaume le Clerc, l&#8217;un de ceux qui d\u00e9veloppe avec le plus de soin la signification christique de la licorne, le chapitre sur l&#8217;unicorne est exceptionnellement illustr\u00e9 de deux miniatures. La seconde est une tr\u00e8s classique Passion \u00e0 la licorne, dans laquelle la Vierge, par un geste de sa main, montre qu&#8217;elle est consciente de la nature sacrificielle de la mise \u00e0 mort. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1675\" height=\"1273\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-fr-15969-fol-26r-sermon-de-lunicorne-cf-Tractatus-adversus-Judaeos-in-the-Gulbenkian-apocalypse-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-fr-15969-fol-26r-sermon-de-lunicorne-cf-Tractatus-adversus-Judaeos-in-the-Gulbenkian-apocalypse-.jpg 1675w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-fr-15969-fol-26r-sermon-de-lunicorne-cf-Tractatus-adversus-Judaeos-in-the-Gulbenkian-apocalypse--300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-fr-15969-fol-26r-sermon-de-lunicorne-cf-Tractatus-adversus-Judaeos-in-the-Gulbenkian-apocalypse--768x584.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-fr-15969-fol-26r-sermon-de-lunicorne-cf-Tractatus-adversus-Judaeos-in-the-Gulbenkian-apocalypse--1536x1167.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-fr-15969-fol-26r-sermon-de-lunicorne-cf-Tractatus-adversus-Judaeos-in-the-Gulbenkian-apocalypse--395x300.jpg 395w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1675px) 100vw, 1675px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>La premi\u00e8re est bien plus complexe. Dieu le P\u00e8re apparait en haut de l&#8217;image, dans une mandorle, entour\u00e9 e nuages blancs. En dessous le Christ sort du tombeau. \u00c0 gauche, Zacharie, v\u00eatu en \u00e9v\u00eaque m\u00e9di\u00e9val, proph\u00e9tise la venue du Messie aupr\u00e8s des juifs. \u00c0 droite, l&#8217;Ange Gabriel se glisse dans les interstices d&#8217;une image assez charg\u00e9e pour une sc\u00e8ne d&#8217;Annonciation devant une image de la crucifixion <a href=\"#_ftn2\">[2]<\/a>. La licorne est absente de l&#8217;image, mais la rubrication est claire, il s&#8217;agit bien d&#8217;une illustration du <em>sermon de l&#8217;unicorne.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1226\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/8-Florence-galleria-dellacademia-2048x1226.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/8-Florence-galleria-dellacademia-2048x1226.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/8-Florence-galleria-dellacademia-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/8-Florence-galleria-dellacademia-768x460.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/8-Florence-galleria-dellacademia-1536x919.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/8-Florence-galleria-dellacademia-500x300.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><i>Adam nommant les animaux<\/i> Florence, Palazzo Pitti.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c0 Florence, \u00e0 la Galleria dell\u2019Academia, une longue tenture du XVIe si\u00e8cle, aux tons pass\u00e9s, montre Adam nommant les animaux. Parmi des chefs d\u2019\u0153uvre bien plus connus, elle ne retient gu\u00e8re l\u2019attention, ce qui explique sans doute que je n\u2019ai pas r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 m\u2019en procurer une bonne photographie en couleur et doive me contenter d\u2019une vieille reproduction en noir et blanc prise dans un catalogue de la fin du XIXe si\u00e8cle. Les animaux d\u00e9filent en rang devant Adam, la plupart en couple, mais il en est deux dont la solitude est clairement mise en sc\u00e8ne, la licorne et l\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9phant. La blanche licorne, juste en dessous de Dieu le p\u00e8re, est ici une image christique, et ce d\u2019autant plus que son rival le cerf est rel\u00e9gu\u00e9 assez loin derri\u00e8re, accompagn\u00e9 de madame. Derri\u00e8re la licorne-Christ, nouvel Adam, suit le couple royal du lion et de la lionne. L\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9phant, lui aussi solitaire, au troisi\u00e8me rang, est aussi un symbole christique, et, surtout une image sinon de chastet\u00e9, du moins de temp\u00e9rance. Derri\u00e8re l\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9phant, deux animaux beiges au long cou sont des girafes unicornes, vari\u00e9t\u00e9 sp\u00e9cifique aux tapisseries du XVIe si\u00e8cle.<\/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=\"1887\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1796\" data-id=\"1796\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Hans-Bocksberger-lancien-Le-Paradis-Terrestre-XVIe-Musee-Calvet-Avignon-1887x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Hans-Bocksberger-lancien-Le-Paradis-Terrestre-XVIe-Musee-Calvet-Avignon-1887x2048.jpg 1887w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Hans-Bocksberger-lancien-Le-Paradis-Terrestre-XVIe-Musee-Calvet-Avignon-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Hans-Bocksberger-lancien-Le-Paradis-Terrestre-XVIe-Musee-Calvet-Avignon-768x834.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Hans-Bocksberger-lancien-Le-Paradis-Terrestre-XVIe-Musee-Calvet-Avignon-1415x1536.jpg 1415w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1887px) 100vw, 1887px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Hans B\u00f6ckberger l\u2019ancien, Le Paradis terrestre, XVIe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nMus\u00e9e Calvet, Avignon.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1795\" data-id=\"1795\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Hans-Bocksberger-lancien-Le-Paradis-Terrestre-XVIe-Musee-Calvet-Avignon-detail-2048x1536.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Hans-Bocksberger-lancien-Le-Paradis-Terrestre-XVIe-Musee-Calvet-Avignon-detail-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Hans-Bocksberger-lancien-Le-Paradis-Terrestre-XVIe-Musee-Calvet-Avignon-detail-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Hans-Bocksberger-lancien-Le-Paradis-Terrestre-XVIe-Musee-Calvet-Avignon-detail-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Hans-Bocksberger-lancien-Le-Paradis-Terrestre-XVIe-Musee-Calvet-Avignon-detail-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Hans-Bocksberger-lancien-Le-Paradis-Terrestre-XVIe-Musee-Calvet-Avignon-detail-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Hans B\u00f6ckberger l\u2019ancien, Le Paradis terrestre, XVIe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nMus\u00e9e Calvet, Avignon.<\/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>Le Paradis terrestre, un tableau de Hans B\u00f6ckberger, au mus\u00e9e Calvet&nbsp; d\u2019Avignon, montre plusieurs \u00e9pisodes de la cr\u00e9ation. Les animaux, m\u00eame les dragons, y sont en couple, \u00e0 l\u2019exception de la licorne au premier plan, qui trempe la pointe de sa corne dans&nbsp; une eau qui, pourtant, devait encore \u00eatre pure. L\u2019autre cr\u00e9ature unique, \u00e0 l\u2019arri\u00e8re-plan, n\u2019est sans doute pas une hydre mais pr\u00e9figure d\u00e9j\u00e0 la b\u00eate de l\u2019apocalypse. <\/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=\"1838\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-7946\" data-id=\"7946\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Luca-Mombello-Dieu-le-pere-et-la-vierge-circa-1570-Musee-de-Brescia-1838x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Luca-Mombello-Dieu-le-pere-et-la-vierge-circa-1570-Musee-de-Brescia-1838x2048.jpg 1838w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Luca-Mombello-Dieu-le-pere-et-la-vierge-circa-1570-Musee-de-Brescia-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Luca-Mombello-Dieu-le-pere-et-la-vierge-circa-1570-Musee-de-Brescia-768x856.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Luca-Mombello-Dieu-le-pere-et-la-vierge-circa-1570-Musee-de-Brescia-1378x1536.jpg 1378w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1838px) 100vw, 1838px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Luca Mombello, <i>Dieu le P\u00e8re et la Vierge<\/i>, circa 1580. Mus\u00e9e de Brescia.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1636\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-7947\" data-id=\"7947\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Luca-Mombello-Dieu-le-pere-et-la-vierge-circa-1570-Musee-de-Brescia-copie-1636x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Luca-Mombello-Dieu-le-pere-et-la-vierge-circa-1570-Musee-de-Brescia-copie-1636x2048.jpg 1636w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Luca-Mombello-Dieu-le-pere-et-la-vierge-circa-1570-Musee-de-Brescia-copie-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Luca-Mombello-Dieu-le-pere-et-la-vierge-circa-1570-Musee-de-Brescia-copie-768x961.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Luca-Mombello-Dieu-le-pere-et-la-vierge-circa-1570-Musee-de-Brescia-copie-1227x1536.jpg 1227w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Luca-Mombello-Dieu-le-pere-et-la-vierge-circa-1570-Musee-de-Brescia-copie.jpg 2045w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1636px) 100vw, 1636px\" \/><\/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>Le cerf et la licorne, mais aussi le lion, l&#8217;agneau et le paon, dont la l\u00e9gende voulait qu&#8217;il fut immortel. Vers 1580, sur ce tableau de Luca Mombello, les animaux les plus christiques sont regroup\u00e9s devant la fontaine du Paradis tandis qu&#8217;au premier plan Dieu le P\u00e8re s&#8217;entretient avec la 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=\"1968\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3033\" data-id=\"3033\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Anonyme-fin-XVIe-Rijksmuseum-2048x1968.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Anonyme-fin-XVIe-Rijksmuseum-2048x1968.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Anonyme-fin-XVIe-Rijksmuseum-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Anonyme-fin-XVIe-Rijksmuseum-768x738.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Anonyme-fin-XVIe-Rijksmuseum-1536x1476.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Anonyme-fin-XVIe-Rijksmuseum-312x300.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Tableau anonyme, fin du XVIe si\u00e8cle.<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1276\" height=\"1500\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3032\" data-id=\"3032\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Anonyme-fin-XVIe-Rijksmuseum-detail.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Anonyme-fin-XVIe-Rijksmuseum-detail.jpg 1276w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Anonyme-fin-XVIe-Rijksmuseum-detail-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Anonyme-fin-XVIe-Rijksmuseum-detail-768x903.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1276px) 100vw, 1276px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">La licorne et l&#8217;\u00e9l\u00e9phant sont solitaires &#8211; pourtant, il y a toujours des \u00e9l\u00e9phants.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"812\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2990\" data-id=\"2990\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Frontispice-de-Petrus-van-Staveren-De-huyshoudinge-Gods-in-sijn-kerke-1683.jpg-1683-2048x812.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Frontispice-de-Petrus-van-Staveren-De-huyshoudinge-Gods-in-sijn-kerke-1683.jpg-1683-2048x812.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Frontispice-de-Petrus-van-Staveren-De-huyshoudinge-Gods-in-sijn-kerke-1683.jpg-1683-300x119.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Frontispice-de-Petrus-van-Staveren-De-huyshoudinge-Gods-in-sijn-kerke-1683.jpg-1683-768x305.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Frontispice-de-Petrus-van-Staveren-De-huyshoudinge-Gods-in-sijn-kerke-1683.jpg-1683-1536x609.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Frontispice-de-Petrus-van-Staveren-De-huyshoudinge-Gods-in-sijn-kerke-1683.jpg-1683-500x198.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Petrus van Staveren, <i>De huyshoudinge-Gods in sijn kerke<\/i>, 1683.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1154\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2992\" data-id=\"2992\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Petrus-van-Staveren-detail-2048x1154.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Petrus-van-Staveren-detail-2048x1154.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Petrus-van-Staveren-detail-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Petrus-van-Staveren-detail-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Petrus-van-Staveren-detail-1536x866.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Petrus-van-Staveren-detail-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/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>Sur les nombreuses peintures et gravures montrant l&#8217;embarquement dans l&#8217;Arche, les licornes sont le plus ouvent en couple, comme les autres animaux, et souvent dans les premiers rangs. En cherchant un peu pourtant, on trouve quelques images o\u00f9 l&#8217;animal est solitaire, au point que l&#8217;on ne sait pas bien ce qu&#8217;il va faire dans l&#8217;Arche. Lorsque le chaste \u00e9l\u00e9phant est aussi seul, on se comment il s&#8217;est reproduit depuis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Plaque-emaillee-XVIe-la-maison-de-la-vierge-a-Lorette..jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Plaque-emaillee-XVIe-la-maison-de-la-vierge-a-Lorette..jpg 1500w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Plaque-emaillee-XVIe-la-maison-de-la-vierge-a-Lorette.-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Plaque-emaillee-XVIe-la-maison-de-la-vierge-a-Lorette.-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Plaque-emaillee-XVIe-la-maison-de-la-vierge-a-Lorette.-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span style=\"color:#9e9e9e\" class=\"tadv-color\">Mus\u00e9e du Louvre, OA 3093.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Au mus\u00e9e du Louvre, une plaque \u00e9maill\u00e9e du XVIe si\u00e8cle repr\u00e9sente la maison de la Vierge \u00e0 Lorette. Un couple de lapins, un cerf et une biche, semblent poser pour la photo, tranquilles, dans le jardin. Au premier plan, une licorne solitaire est tout \u00e0 la fois symbole de virginit\u00e9 et repr\u00e9sentation du Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Memmingen-photo-Thomas-Mirtsch--2048x1536.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Memmingen-photo-Thomas-Mirtsch--2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Memmingen-photo-Thomas-Mirtsch--300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Memmingen-photo-Thomas-Mirtsch--768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Memmingen-photo-Thomas-Mirtsch--1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Memmingen-photo-Thomas-Mirtsch--400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sur cette chasse mystique de l\u2019\u00e9glise de Memmingen, en Allemagne, peinte vers 1500, le Christ chevauche la licorne. C\u2019est cependant assez rare, et je ne connais qu\u2019un autre exemple, sur une tapisserie d\u2019un mus\u00e9e de Munich.<br \/><span style=\"color:#9e9e9e\" class=\"tadv-color\">National Gallery of Art, Washington<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>C\u2019est dans le monde germanique que les sc\u00e8nes de chasse \u00e0 la licorne \u00e9taient, au XVe si\u00e8cle, les plus populaires. Elles disparaissent bien s\u00fbr avec la r\u00e9forme, mais la licorne n\u2019en reste pas moins un symbole utilis\u00e9 par les th\u00e9ologiens protestants comme catholiques.<br \/>Martin Luther, dans son sermon sur les brebis perdues, en 1532, assure ainsi que \u00ab&nbsp;Le Christ est comparable \u00e0 une licorne, dont on pr\u00e9tend qu\u2019elle ne peut \u00eatre captur\u00e9e vivante. On dit qu\u2019on peut la poursuivre \u00e0 en perdre haleine; elle peut \u00eatre touch\u00e9e, bless\u00e9e et m\u00eame tu\u00e9e, mais on ne peut s\u2019en emparer vivante&nbsp;<a href=\"#_ftn3\">[3]<\/a>\u00bb.<\/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=\"1598\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1806\" data-id=\"1806\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Sens-Patrick-Monchicourt-1598x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Sens-Patrick-Monchicourt-1598x2048.jpg 1598w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Sens-Patrick-Monchicourt-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Sens-Patrick-Monchicourt-768x984.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Sens-Patrick-Monchicourt-1199x1536.jpg 1199w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Sens-Patrick-Monchicourt-scaled.jpg 1998w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1598px) 100vw, 1598px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">L&#8217;arbre de Jess\u00e9, ou la g\u00e9n\u00e9alogie du Christ, repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 vers 1500 sur un vitrail de la cath\u00e9drale Saint-\u00c9tienne de Sens.<br \/>\nPhoto Patrick Monchicourt, Flickr.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1801\" data-id=\"1801\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/La-l\u00e9gende-de-saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte-eglise-saint-Cyr-dIssoudun-fin-XVe-2016x2048.jpg\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">La l\u00e9gende de Saint Cyr et Sainte Julitte, \u00c9glise Saint Cyr d&#8217;Issoudun, XVe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nPhoto Jean Bernard.<\/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>En 1618, le th\u00e9ologien j\u00e9suite Nicolas Caussin (1583-1651), confesseur de Louis XIII, dans son <em>Polyhistor Symbolicus<\/em>, cite la sc\u00e8ne de la capture de la licorne par une vierge et celle de l\u2019animal trempant sa corne dans un flot impur. Il exprime de forts doutes quant \u00e0 la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 de la premi\u00e8re, \u00abqui n\u2019est mentionn\u00e9e que par Albert le Grand\u00bb, mais semble croire \u00e0 la v\u00e9racit\u00e9 de la seconde : \u00abLa corne de licorne est un rem\u00e8de contre tous les venins. De m\u00eame, en Afrique, o\u00f9, \u00e0 cause de la multitude de serpents, les fleuves sont souvent infect\u00e9s par la putr\u00e9faction de leur venin, le monoc\u00e9ros, par la vertu qui r\u00e9side en sa corne, purifie merveilleusement les eaux\u2026 On applique [cette image] \u00e0 juste titre au Christ baptis\u00e9 qui, semblable au fils des licornes<a href=\"#_ftn5\">[5]<\/a>, a sanctifi\u00e9 le cours des eaux afin d\u2019effacer la souillure de tous nos crimes<a href=\"#_ftn3\">[4]<\/a>&nbsp;\u00bb.<\/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=\"1562\" height=\"1776\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1793\" data-id=\"1793\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Charles-Cahier-Melanges-dArcheologie-dhistoire-et-de-litterature-1847-tome-IVdetail-.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Charles-Cahier-Melanges-dArcheologie-dhistoire-et-de-litterature-1847-tome-IVdetail-.jpg 1562w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Charles-Cahier-Melanges-dArcheologie-dhistoire-et-de-litterature-1847-tome-IVdetail--264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Charles-Cahier-Melanges-dArcheologie-dhistoire-et-de-litterature-1847-tome-IVdetail--768x873.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Charles-Cahier-Melanges-dArcheologie-dhistoire-et-de-litterature-1847-tome-IVdetail--1351x1536.jpg 1351w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1562px) 100vw, 1562px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Un dragon venimeux face \u00e0 un agneau pascal unicorne sur une crosse d\u2019\u00e9v\u00eaque du XIIIe si\u00e8cle. <br \/>\nCharles Cahier, <i>M\u00e9langes d\u2019arch\u00e9ologie, d\u2019histoire et de litt\u00e9rature,<\/i> tome IV, 1847\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1311\" height=\"2011\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1792\" data-id=\"1792\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Charles-Cahier-Melanges-2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Charles-Cahier-Melanges-2.jpg 1311w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Charles-Cahier-Melanges-2-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Charles-Cahier-Melanges-2-768x1178.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Charles-Cahier-Melanges-2-1001x1536.jpg 1001w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1311px) 100vw, 1311px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Crosse d\u2019\u00e9v\u00eaque du XIIIe si\u00e8cle. <br \/>\nCharles Cahier, <i>M\u00e9langes d\u2019arch\u00e9ologie, d\u2019histoire et de litt\u00e9rature,<\/i> tome IV, 1847\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1321\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1789\" data-id=\"1789\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bible-Hollandaise-1528-29-universite-de-Glasgow-1321x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bible-Hollandaise-1528-29-universite-de-Glasgow-1321x2048.jpg 1321w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bible-Hollandaise-1528-29-universite-de-Glasgow-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bible-Hollandaise-1528-29-universite-de-Glasgow-768x1190.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bible-Hollandaise-1528-29-universite-de-Glasgow-991x1536.jpg 991w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bible-Hollandaise-1528-29-universite-de-Glasgow-scaled.jpg 1652w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1321px) 100vw, 1321px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Je ne sais pas bien ce que cette licorne fait sur le frontispice de cette bible hollandaise du XVIe si\u00e8cle. Sa d\u00e9gaine n&#8217;est pas trop h\u00e9raldique, et le graveur a peut-\u00eatre juste pens\u00e9 que cette image christique serait du meilleur effet.<\/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=\"1498\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-7986\" data-id=\"7986\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ghent-Altarpiece-2048x1498.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ghent-Altarpiece-2048x1498.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ghent-Altarpiece-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ghent-Altarpiece-768x562.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ghent-Altarpiece-1536x1123.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ghent-Altarpiece-410x300.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">La licorne christique est discr\u00e8te sur le c\u00e9l\u00e8bre polyptique de l&#8217;agneau mystique, de Jan van Eyck, peint en 1432.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"926\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-7985\" data-id=\"7985\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ghent-Altarpiece-Marie-926x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ghent-Altarpiece-Marie-926x2048.jpg 926w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ghent-Altarpiece-Marie-136x300.jpg 136w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ghent-Altarpiece-Marie-768x1698.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ghent-Altarpiece-Marie-695x1536.jpg 695w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ghent-Altarpiece-Marie.jpg 1158w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 926px) 100vw, 926px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Elle est le motif de la tapisserie tapis qui se trouve derri\u00e8re la vierge,<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"946\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-7984\" data-id=\"7984\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ghent-Altarpiece-Jean-Baptiste-946x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ghent-Altarpiece-Jean-Baptiste-946x2048.jpg 946w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ghent-Altarpiece-Jean-Baptiste-139x300.jpg 139w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ghent-Altarpiece-Jean-Baptiste-768x1662.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ghent-Altarpiece-Jean-Baptiste-710x1536.jpg 710w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ghent-Altarpiece-Jean-Baptiste.jpg 1183w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 946px) 100vw, 946px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">et derri\u00e8re Saint Jean Baptiste.<\/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>C\u2019est donc dans son pass\u00e9 chr\u00e9tien, aujourd\u2019hui un peu oubli\u00e9, que la blanche b\u00eate a pris l\u2019habitude et sans doute le go\u00fbt de la solitude. La licorne qui donne son titre au roman \u00e9ponyme d\u2019Iris Murdoch est \u00e0 la fois le personnage central, Hannah, solitaire et croyante, et le Christ. Dans les univers f\u00e9\u00e9riques et fantastiques contemporains, en peinture, en jeu ou en litt\u00e9rature, l\u2019albe b\u00eate est aussi solitaire. Le plus grand succ\u00e8s de la litt\u00e9rature r\u00e9cente sur la licorne est le charmant petit roman de Peter S. Beagle, <em>La derni\u00e8re licorne<\/em>, qui peut aussi \u00eatre lu comme une all\u00e9gorie chr\u00e9tienne. <\/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=\"1084\" height=\"1804\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1810\" data-id=\"1810\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/5-The-last-unicorn.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/5-The-last-unicorn.jpg 1084w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/5-The-last-unicorn-180x300.jpg 180w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/5-The-last-unicorn-768x1278.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/5-The-last-unicorn-923x1536.jpg 923w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1084px) 100vw, 1084px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1293\" height=\"709\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1809\" data-id=\"1809\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/The-Last-Unicorn.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/The-Last-Unicorn.jpg 1293w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/The-Last-Unicorn-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/The-Last-Unicorn-768x421.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/The-Last-Unicorn-500x274.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1293px) 100vw, 1293px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>The Last Unicorn<\/i>, Adaptation en dessin anim\u00e9 du roman de Peter S. Beagle.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1427\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1802\" data-id=\"1802\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Le-bosquet-de-la-licorne-2048x1427.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Le-bosquet-de-la-licorne-2048x1427.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Le-bosquet-de-la-licorne-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Le-bosquet-de-la-licorne-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Le-bosquet-de-la-licorne-1536x1071.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Le-bosquet-de-la-licorne-430x300.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Florence Magnin, <i>Le Bosquet de la licorne<\/i><\/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<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> Cit\u00e9 par Louis Charbonneau-Lassay, <em>Le bestiaire du Christ, p.342. <\/em>Je dis beaucoup de mal ailleurs du livre de Charbonneau-Lassay, mais sur la patristique, qui n\u2019est pas vraiment mon fort, je lui fais toute confiance. Il ne devient d\u00e9lirant que quand il suppose que les hommes de la Renaissance et de l\u2019\u00e9poque moderne continuaient \u00e0 raisonner ainsi, et ce sans doute parce que lui-m\u00eame raisonnait ainsi.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1785&amp;action=edit#_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a> Suzanne Lewis, Tractatus adversus Judaeos in the Gulbenkian Apocalypse, in <em>The Art Bulletin<\/em>, 2014. <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1785&amp;action=edit#_ftnref4\">[4]<\/a> Allusion au Psaume 29:6, <em>et disperget eas quasi vitulus Libani et Sarion quasi filius rinocerotis <\/em>dans le texte de la Vulgate.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1785&amp;action=edit#_ftnref5\">[5]<\/a> Nicolas Caussin,&nbsp; <em>De Symbolica \u00c6gyptiorum Sapientia. Polyhistor Symbolicus<\/em>, Paris, 1618, pp.350-351. Le &#8220;fils des licornes&#8221; est une allusion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Les couples de licornes sont rares dans l\u2019iconographie du Moyen \u00c2ge et de la Renaissance, et on n\u2019y trouve aucune famille avec enfants. C\u2019est parce qu\u2019elle repr\u00e9sente le Christ que la licorne est, plus souvent que les autres animaux, dessin\u00e9e &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/2021\/09\/27\/la-solitude-christique-de-la-licorne\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"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-1785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contes-legendes-et-allegories"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785","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=1785"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7988,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785\/revisions\/7988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}