{"id":2063,"date":"2021-07-15T10:41:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T10:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/?p=2063"},"modified":"2026-02-22T10:00:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T10:00:46","slug":"la-licorne-et-la-sirene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/2021\/07\/15\/la-licorne-et-la-sirene\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2795 La licorne et la sir\u00e8ne"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-blue-color has-text-color\"><strong>Dans une monographie, il faut toujours, quelque part, une comparaison permettant de resituer un peu le sujet. Apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9limin\u00e9 le dragon, trop complexe et trop diff\u00e9rent, il me restait deux solides candidats, la sir\u00e8ne et le griffon. Commen\u00e7ons par la sir\u00e8ne, je ne suis pas certain de faire le griffon. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le livre \u00e9tait d\u00e9j\u00e0 boucl\u00e9, et ce blog bien avanc\u00e9, lorsque j\u2019ai rencontr\u00e9 la sp\u00e9cialiste des sir\u00e8nes,&nbsp;Lou Delaveau, qui a r\u00e9cemment soutenu \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9cole des chartes une th\u00e8se joliment intitul\u00e9e <em>Le revers de l\u2019\u00e9caille.<\/em> Son travail, bien qu\u2019\u00e0 la fois plus bref et plus rigoureux, s\u2019apparente assez \u00e0 ce que j\u2019avais fait il y a vingt-cinq ans sur la licorne. Les bornes chronologiques sont un peu plus rapproch\u00e9es, mais la d\u00e9marche est la m\u00eame, une \u00e9tude de l\u2019\u00e9volution des repr\u00e9sentations et des points de vue sur la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 de la b\u00eate. Nous avons donc longuement discut\u00e9 et constat\u00e9 bien des similitudes, et quelques diff\u00e9rences int\u00e9ressantes, entre l\u2019histoire des sir\u00e8nes et celles des licornes. Reparti avec sa th\u00e8se sous le bras, j\u2019ai d\u2019ailleurs en la feuilletant retrouv\u00e9 bien des noms qui m\u2019\u00e9taient familiers, Johannes de Cuba, Conrad Gesner, Andr\u00e9 Th\u00e9vet, Ulysse Aldrovandi et bien d\u2019autres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><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=\"1803\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2108\" data-id=\"2108\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-11-fol-3v-Flavius_Josephe_Antiquites_judaiques-Le-Mariage-dAdam-et-Eve-1803x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-11-fol-3v-Flavius_Josephe_Antiquites_judaiques-Le-Mariage-dAdam-et-Eve-1803x2048.jpg 1803w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-11-fol-3v-Flavius_Josephe_Antiquites_judaiques-Le-Mariage-dAdam-et-Eve-264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-11-fol-3v-Flavius_Josephe_Antiquites_judaiques-Le-Mariage-dAdam-et-Eve-768x872.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-11-fol-3v-Flavius_Josephe_Antiquites_judaiques-Le-Mariage-dAdam-et-Eve-1353x1536.jpg 1353w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1803px) 100vw, 1803px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Licorne et sir\u00e8ne sont toutes deux invit\u00e9es au mariage d&#8217;Adam et Eve. Cette derni\u00e8re est m\u00eame accompagn\u00e9e d&#8217;un chien de mer, et d&#8217;un chevalier de mer, ou zytiron. Notez aussi la gueule du serpent, et Lilith qui sait que \u00e7a va mal tourner.<br \/>\nFlavius Jos\u00e8phe, <i>Antiquit\u00e9s Juda\u00efques, <\/i>circa 1480.<br \/>\nBNF, ms fr 11, fol 3v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2109\" data-id=\"2109\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Reims-ms-993-fol-254v-Barthelemy-lAnglais-XIVe-2048x1920.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Reims-ms-993-fol-254v-Barthelemy-lAnglais-XIVe-2048x1920.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Reims-ms-993-fol-254v-Barthelemy-lAnglais-XIVe-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Reims-ms-993-fol-254v-Barthelemy-lAnglais-XIVe-768x720.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Reims-ms-993-fol-254v-Barthelemy-lAnglais-XIVe-1536x1440.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Reims-ms-993-fol-254v-Barthelemy-lAnglais-XIVe-320x300.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Barth\u00e9l\u00e9my l\u2019Anglais et Jean Corbechon, <i>Le livre des propri\u00e9t\u00e9s des choses, <\/i>XIVe si\u00e8cle.<br \/> Biblioth\u00e8que municipale de Reims, ms 993, fol 254v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1497\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2092\" data-id=\"2092\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Soto-de-Bureba-photo-Martin-Miles-Flickr-2048x1497.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Soto-de-Bureba-photo-Martin-Miles-Flickr-2048x1497.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Soto-de-Bureba-photo-Martin-Miles-Flickr-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Soto-de-Bureba-photo-Martin-Miles-Flickr-768x561.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Soto-de-Bureba-photo-Martin-Miles-Flickr-1536x1123.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Soto-de-Bureba-photo-Martin-Miles-Flickr-410x300.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Sur le portail roman de l&#8217;\u00e9glise de Soto de Bureba, en Espagne, la licorne cohabite avec un griffon, des dragons et des sir\u00e8nes oiseaux. <\/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-2091\" data-id=\"2091\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Soto-de-Bureba-Martin-Miles-2048x1536.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Soto-de-Bureba-Martin-Miles-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Soto-de-Bureba-Martin-Miles-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Soto-de-Bureba-Martin-Miles-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Soto-de-Bureba-Martin-Miles-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Soto-de-Bureba-Martin-Miles-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1644\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2093\" data-id=\"2093\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Soto-de-Bureba-photo-Martin-Miles-1644x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Soto-de-Bureba-photo-Martin-Miles-1644x2048.jpg 1644w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Soto-de-Bureba-photo-Martin-Miles-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Soto-de-Bureba-photo-Martin-Miles-768x957.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Soto-de-Bureba-photo-Martin-Miles-1233x1536.jpg 1233w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Soto-de-Bureba-photo-Martin-Miles.jpg 1927w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1644px) 100vw, 1644px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1152\" height=\"1705\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-6631\" data-id=\"6631\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Baltimore-Walters-W-82-fol-191v.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Baltimore-Walters-W-82-fol-191v.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Baltimore-Walters-W-82-fol-191v-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Baltimore-Walters-W-82-fol-191v-768x1137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Baltimore-Walters-W-82-fol-191v-1038x1536.jpg 1038w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1152px) 100vw, 1152px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Livre d&#8217;heures flamand, circa 1320.<br \/>Baltimore, Walters Museum, ms W 82, fol 191v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"655\" height=\"775\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-6632\" data-id=\"6632\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Baltimore-Walters-W-82-fol-191v-detail.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Baltimore-Walters-W-82-fol-191v-detail.jpg 655w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Baltimore-Walters-W-82-fol-191v-detail-254x300.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/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>Nos deux cr\u00e9atures ont pourtant des origines diff\u00e9rentes. Les sir\u00e8nes au chant envoutant, dont triomph\u00e8rent chacun \u00e0 sa mani\u00e8re Orph\u00e9e et Ulysse, nous viennent de la mythologie grecque&nbsp;; les licornes, absentes des grands r\u00e9cits antiques, sont issues d\u2019un Orient beaucoup plus vague et lointain. Si elles ne se croisent que rarement, les sir\u00e8nes hantant les mers et les licornes arpentant les d\u00e9serts, leurs parcours dans l\u2019art et la litt\u00e9rature ont, du Moyen \u00c2ge \u00e0 aujourd\u2019hui, beaucoup en commun. Sir\u00e8nes et licornes sont d\u2019ailleurs entr\u00e9es dans le texte biblique de la Vulgate par le m\u00eame type d\u2019erreurs de traduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><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=\"1364\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2085\" data-id=\"2085\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Stratford-upon-Avon-photo-Groenling-sirene-2048x1364.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Stratford-upon-Avon-photo-Groenling-sirene-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Stratford-upon-Avon-photo-Groenling-sirene-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Stratford-upon-Avon-photo-Groenling-sirene-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Stratford-upon-Avon-photo-Groenling-sirene-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Stratford-upon-Avon-photo-Groenling-sirene-451x300.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Mis\u00e9ricorde de l&#8217;\u00c9glise de la Trinit\u00e9, \u00e0 Stratford-upon-Avon, en Angleterre. XVe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>Photo Groenling, Flickr. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1121\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2084\" data-id=\"2084\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Stratford-upon-avon-licorne-2048x1121.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Stratford-upon-avon-licorne-2048x1121.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Stratford-upon-avon-licorne-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Stratford-upon-avon-licorne-768x420.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Stratford-upon-avon-licorne-1536x841.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Stratford-upon-avon-licorne-500x274.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Mis\u00e9ricorde de l&#8217;\u00c9glise de la Trinit\u00e9, \u00e0 Stratford-upon-Avon, en Angleterre. XVe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>Photo Groenling, Flickr. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1385\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2086\" data-id=\"2086\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Verdun-ms-107-Breviaire-sirene-2048x1385.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Verdun-ms-107-Breviaire-sirene-2048x1385.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Verdun-ms-107-Breviaire-sirene-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Verdun-ms-107-Breviaire-sirene-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Verdun-ms-107-Breviaire-sirene-1536x1039.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Verdun-ms-107-Breviaire-sirene-444x300.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Br\u00e9viaire de Renaud de Bar, 13012.<br \/>\nBiblioth\u00e8que municipale de Verdun, ms 107.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"777\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2087\" data-id=\"2087\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Verdun-ms-107-fol-47v-2048x777.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Verdun-ms-107-fol-47v-2048x777.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Verdun-ms-107-fol-47v-300x114.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Verdun-ms-107-fol-47v-768x291.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Verdun-ms-107-fol-47v-1536x583.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Verdun-ms-107-fol-47v-500x190.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Br\u00e9viaire de Renaud de Bar, 13012.<br \/>\nBiblioth\u00e8que municipale de Verdun, ms 107, fol 47v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1489\" height=\"476\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-6751\" data-id=\"6751\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BSB-cod-gall-16.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BSB-cod-gall-16.jpg 1489w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BSB-cod-gall-16-300x96.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BSB-cod-gall-16-768x246.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BSB-cod-gall-16-500x160.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1489px) 100vw, 1489px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Psautier d&#8217;Isabelle de France, circa 1305.<br \/>\nMunich, BSB, cod gall.16, fol 18r.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"621\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-6750\" data-id=\"6750\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BSB-cod.-gall-16-fol-14r-Psautier-XIVe-2048x621.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BSB-cod.-gall-16-fol-14r-Psautier-XIVe-2048x621.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BSB-cod.-gall-16-fol-14r-Psautier-XIVe-300x91.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BSB-cod.-gall-16-fol-14r-Psautier-XIVe-768x233.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BSB-cod.-gall-16-fol-14r-Psautier-XIVe-1536x465.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BSB-cod.-gall-16-fol-14r-Psautier-XIVe-500x151.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Psautier d&#8217;Isabelle de France, circa 1305.<br \/>Munich, BSB, cod gall.16, 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 class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e7f5ff\"><strong>De la sir\u00e8ne<\/strong><br \/>Nous allons vous parler de la sir\u00e8ne, qui a une physionomie tr\u00e8s \u00e9trange, car, au-dessus de la ceinture, elle est la plus belle cr\u00e9ature du monde, faite \u00e0 la ressemblance d&#8217;une femme; mais pour l&#8217;autre partie du corps, elle a l&#8217;allure d&#8217;un poisson ou d&#8217;un oiseau. Son chant est si doux et si beau que les hommes qui naviguent sur la mer, aussit\u00f4t qu&#8217;ils entendent ce chant, ne peuvent pas s&#8217;emp\u00eacher de diriger vers elle leurs navires; ce chant leur para\u00eet si doux qu&#8217;ils s&#8217;endorment sur le bateau; et lorsqu&#8217;ils sont tout \u00e0 fait endormis, c&#8217;est alors qu&#8217;ils sont victimes d&#8217;une grande tra\u00eetrise, car les sir\u00e8nes les tuent si sou\u00addainement qu&#8217;ils n&#8217;ont pas le temps de dire mot.<br \/>La sir\u00e8ne, qui chante d&#8217;une voix si belle qu&#8217;elle ensorcelle les hommes par son chant, enseigne \u00e0 ceux qui doivent naviguer \u00e0 travers ce monde qu&#8217;il leur est n\u00e9cessaire de s&#8217;amender. Nous autres, qui traversons ce monde, sommes tromp\u00e9s par une musique comparable, par la gloire, par les plaisirs du monde, qui nous conduisent \u00e0 la mort. Une fois que nous sommes habitu\u00e9s au plaisir, \u00e0 la luxure, au bien-\u00eatre du corps, \u00e0 la gloutonnerie et \u00e0 l&#8217;ivresse, \u00e0 la jouissance des biens du monde et \u00e0 la richesse, \u00e0 la fr\u00e9quentation des dames et aux chevaux bien nourris, \u00e0 la magnificence des \u00e9toffes somptueuses, nous sommes sans cesse attir\u00e9s de ce c\u00f4t\u00e9, il nous tarde d&#8217;y parvenir, nous nous attardons dans ces lieux si longtemps que, malgr\u00e9 nous, nous nous y endormons; alors, la sir\u00e8ne nous tue, c&#8217;est-\u00e0-dire le Diable, qui nous a conduits en ces lieux, et qui nous fait plonger si profond dans les vices qu&#8217;il nous enferme enti\u00e8rement dans ses filets. Alors, il nous assaille; alors, il s&#8217;\u00e9lance sur nous et il nous tue, nous transperce le c\u0153ur, tout comme agissent les sir\u00e8nes avec les marins qui parcourent les mers. Mais il existe plus d&#8217;un marin qui sait prendre garde \u00e0 elles et reste aux aguets : tandis qu&#8217;il fait voile \u00e0 travers la mer, il se bouche les oreilles, afin de ne pas entendre le chant trompeur. C&#8217;est ainsi que doit faire le sage qui passe \u00e0 travers le monde : il doit demeurer chaste et pur, et se boucher les oreilles, afin de ne pas entendre prononcer des paroles qui puissent le conduire au p\u00e9ch\u00e9. Et c&#8217;est ainsi que bien des hommes parviennent \u00e0 se prot\u00e9ger : ils emp\u00eachent leurs yeux et leurs oreilles d&#8217;entendre et de contempler les plaisirs et les choses mauvaises par lesquels bien des hommes se laissent tromper.<br \/>\u2014 Guillaume le Clerc de Normandie, <em>Bestiaire Divin<\/em>, circa 1210, trad. Gabriel Banciotto<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><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=\"1334\" height=\"1004\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2066\" data-id=\"2066\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-1951-fol-8v-Richard-de-Fournival-copie.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-1951-fol-8v-Richard-de-Fournival-copie.jpg 1334w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-1951-fol-8v-Richard-de-Fournival-copie-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-1951-fol-8v-Richard-de-Fournival-copie-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-1951-fol-8v-Richard-de-Fournival-copie-399x300.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1334px) 100vw, 1334px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Richard de Fournival, <i>Le bestiaire d&#8217;amour rimet<\/i>, circa 1300.<br \/>\nBNF, ms fr 412, fol 8v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1602\" height=\"1173\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2067\" data-id=\"2067\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-1951-fol-14-Richard-de-Fournival-copie.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-1951-fol-14-Richard-de-Fournival-copie.jpg 1602w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-1951-fol-14-Richard-de-Fournival-copie-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-1951-fol-14-Richard-de-Fournival-copie-768x562.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-1951-fol-14-Richard-de-Fournival-copie-1536x1125.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-1951-fol-14-Richard-de-Fournival-copie-410x300.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1602px) 100vw, 1602px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Richard de Fournival, <i>Le bestiaire d&#8217;amour rimet<\/i>, circa 1300.<br \/>\nBNF, ms fr 412, fol 14r.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1530\" height=\"1044\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2068\" data-id=\"2068\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-15213-fol-70r-Bestiaire-damour.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-15213-fol-70r-Bestiaire-damour.jpg 1530w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-15213-fol-70r-Bestiaire-damour-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-15213-fol-70r-Bestiaire-damour-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-15213-fol-70r-Bestiaire-damour-440x300.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1530px) 100vw, 1530px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Richard de Fournival, <i>Bestiaire d&#8217;amour<\/i>, circa 1340.<br \/>\nBNF, ms fr 15213, fol 70r.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1572\" height=\"1036\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2069\" data-id=\"2069\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-15213-fol-74v-Bestiaire-damour-Richard-de-Fournival.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-15213-fol-74v-Bestiaire-damour-Richard-de-Fournival.jpg 1572w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-15213-fol-74v-Bestiaire-damour-Richard-de-Fournival-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-15213-fol-74v-Bestiaire-damour-Richard-de-Fournival-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-15213-fol-74v-Bestiaire-damour-Richard-de-Fournival-1536x1012.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-15213-fol-74v-Bestiaire-damour-Richard-de-Fournival-455x300.jpg 455w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1572px) 100vw, 1572px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Richard de Fournival, <i>Bestiaire d&#8217;amour<\/i>, circa 1340.<br \/>\nBNF, ms fr 15213, fol 74v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1435\" height=\"1327\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2073\" data-id=\"2073\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/BN-ms-fr-412-fol-230v-Reponse-du-Bestiaire-damour-1285.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/BN-ms-fr-412-fol-230v-Reponse-du-Bestiaire-damour-1285.jpg 1435w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/BN-ms-fr-412-fol-230v-Reponse-du-Bestiaire-damour-1285-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/BN-ms-fr-412-fol-230v-Reponse-du-Bestiaire-damour-1285-768x710.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/BN-ms-fr-412-fol-230v-Reponse-du-Bestiaire-damour-1285-324x300.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1435px) 100vw, 1435px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Richard de Fournival, <i><\/i>, 1285.<br \/>\nBNF, ms fr 412, fol 230v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1313\" height=\"1032\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2074\" data-id=\"2074\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/BN-ms-fr-412-fol-240r-Reponse-du-Bestiaire-damour-1285.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/BN-ms-fr-412-fol-240r-Reponse-du-Bestiaire-damour-1285.jpg 1313w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/BN-ms-fr-412-fol-240r-Reponse-du-Bestiaire-damour-1285-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/BN-ms-fr-412-fol-240r-Reponse-du-Bestiaire-damour-1285-768x604.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/BN-ms-fr-412-fol-240r-Reponse-du-Bestiaire-damour-1285-382x300.jpg 382w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1313px) 100vw, 1313px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Richard de Fournival, <i>Bestiaire d&#8217;amour<\/i>, 1285.<br \/>\nBNF, ms fr 412, fol 240r.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1394\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2070\" data-id=\"2070\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/ONB-cod-2609-Richard-de-Fournival-Bestiaire-damour-fol-4v-1394x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/ONB-cod-2609-Richard-de-Fournival-Bestiaire-damour-fol-4v-1394x2048.jpg 1394w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/ONB-cod-2609-Richard-de-Fournival-Bestiaire-damour-fol-4v-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/ONB-cod-2609-Richard-de-Fournival-Bestiaire-damour-fol-4v-768x1128.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/ONB-cod-2609-Richard-de-Fournival-Bestiaire-damour-fol-4v-1045x1536.jpg 1045w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/ONB-cod-2609-Richard-de-Fournival-Bestiaire-damour-fol-4v-scaled.jpg 1742w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1394px) 100vw, 1394px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Richard de Fournival, <i>Bestiaire d&#8217;amour<\/i>, circa XIVe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nVienne, \u00d6NB, cod 2609, fol 4v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1408\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2071\" data-id=\"2071\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/ONB-cod-2609-Richard-de-Fournival-Bestiaire-damour-fol-20v-1-1-1408x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/ONB-cod-2609-Richard-de-Fournival-Bestiaire-damour-fol-20v-1-1-1408x2048.jpg 1408w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/ONB-cod-2609-Richard-de-Fournival-Bestiaire-damour-fol-20v-1-1-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/ONB-cod-2609-Richard-de-Fournival-Bestiaire-damour-fol-20v-1-1-768x1117.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/ONB-cod-2609-Richard-de-Fournival-Bestiaire-damour-fol-20v-1-1-1056x1536.jpg 1056w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/ONB-cod-2609-Richard-de-Fournival-Bestiaire-damour-fol-20v-1-1-scaled.jpg 1760w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1408px) 100vw, 1408px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Richard de Fournival, <i>Bestiaire d&#8217;amour<\/i>, circa XIVe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nVienne, \u00d6NB, cod 2609, fol 20v.<\/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>All\u00e9goriquement, comme le remarquait d\u00e9j\u00e0 Richard de Fournival au XIIIe si\u00e8cle dans son <em>Bestiaire d\u2019amour<\/em>,&nbsp; le r\u00e9cit de la chasse \u00e0 la licorne est comme un reflet invers\u00e9 de celui du chant des sir\u00e8nes. En effet, \u00ab&nbsp;de l\u2019endormissement d\u2019amour viennent tous les p\u00e9rils, car pour tous ceux qui s\u2019endorment s\u2019ensuit la mort, aussi bien pour la licorne qui s\u2019endort aupr\u00e8s de la jeune fille, que pour l\u2019homme qui s\u2019endort aupr\u00e8s de la sir\u00e8ne<a href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a>&nbsp;\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-small-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#f5ffe5\">O crudel donna, o falsa mia serena.<br \/>I&#8217; mi fuziva et asugava il pianto<br \/>Ch&#8217;amando te avea soferto tanto.<br \/><br \/>Quando tu me volzisti al dolce canto.<br \/>Traendomi col so piacer adorno<br \/>Come la donzella il leocorno.<br \/><br \/>E pi me doglio assai che del mio danno<br \/>Che in vaga donna regna tanto inganno.<br \/><br \/>\u2014 <em>Chansonnier Rossi, circa 1370, Biblioth\u00e8que du Vatican, ms Rossi 215, fol 21v<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La colonne de Souvigny, dans l&#8217;Alliert, est un pilier octogonal roman, dont il ne ubsiste que la moiti\u00e9 sup\u00e9rieure, dat\u00e9 du XIIe si\u00e8cle. Il a parfois \u00e9t\u00e9 interpr\u00eat\u00e9 comme une description de l&#8217;espace et du temps, les sculptures de deux de ses faces illustrant les cr\u00e9atures et les peuplades de l&#8217;orient lointain, deux autres les mois de l&#8217;ann\u00e9e et les signes du zodiaque. Cr\u00e9atures et peuplades lointaines, dont ile ne reste que six de chaque sur les douze qui y figuraient sans doute \u00e0 l&#8217;origine, sont celles des bestiaires et propri\u00e9taires &#8211; dragon, griffon, licorne, \u00e9l\u00e9phant, sir\u00e8ne et manticore pour les unes, sciapodes, hippoppodes, cuclopes et \u00c9thiopiens \u00e0 quatre yeux pour les autres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:calc(854 \/ 1280)\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><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=\"854\" height=\"1280\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-8820\" data-id=\"8820\" data-aspect-ratio=\"854 \/ 1280\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/souvigny-2-photo-guy-lerdung-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/souvigny-2-photo-guy-lerdung-1.jpg 854w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/souvigny-2-photo-guy-lerdung-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/souvigny-2-photo-guy-lerdung-1-768x1151.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Souvigny, Colonne du zodiaque, XIIIe siecle.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"305\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-8821\" data-id=\"8821\" data-aspect-ratio=\"305 \/ 2048\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Souvigny-Catalogue-du-musee-plastique-de-la-societe-francaise-darcheologie-a-Caen-1860-Pilier-de-Souvigny-1-305x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Souvigny-Catalogue-du-musee-plastique-de-la-societe-francaise-darcheologie-a-Caen-1860-Pilier-de-Souvigny-1-305x2048.jpg 305w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Souvigny-Catalogue-du-musee-plastique-de-la-societe-francaise-darcheologie-a-Caen-1860-Pilier-de-Souvigny-1-scaled.jpg 381w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1036\" height=\"863\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-8825\" data-id=\"8825\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1036 \/ 863\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/souvigny-2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/souvigny-2.jpg 1036w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/souvigny-2-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/souvigny-2-768x640.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/souvigny-2-360x300.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1036px) 100vw, 1036px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1295\" height=\"911\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-8824\" data-id=\"8824\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1295 \/ 911\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/souvigny-1-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/souvigny-1-1.jpg 1295w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/souvigny-1-1-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/souvigny-1-1-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/souvigny-1-1-426x300.jpg 426w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1295px) 100vw, 1295px\" \/><\/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 shadhavar, d\u00e9crit dans les bestiaires perses et arabes, combine le physique de la licorne et les pouvoirs de la sir\u00e8ne. Ce quadrup\u00e8de, qui vit bien s\u00fbr dans l\u2019occident merveilleux, est arm\u00e9e d\u2019une longue corne dot\u00e9e selon les textes de trous ou de petits rameaux. Lorsque le vent souffle \u00e0 travers cette corne, il en sort une belle musique qui attire les autres animaux. Ils se rassemblent alors autour du shadhavar qui, selon quelques bestiaires, les d\u00e9vore. Ce r\u00e9cit est-il li\u00e9 \u00e0 celui du chant des sir\u00e8nes&nbsp;? Ce n\u2019est pas impossible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><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=\"1926\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2102\" data-id=\"2102\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Shadhavar-NYPL-ms-49-fol-330v-Zakaria-al-Qazwini-XVIe-persan-2048x1926.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Shadhavar-NYPL-ms-49-fol-330v-Zakaria-al-Qazwini-XVIe-persan-2048x1926.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Shadhavar-NYPL-ms-49-fol-330v-Zakaria-al-Qazwini-XVIe-persan-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Shadhavar-NYPL-ms-49-fol-330v-Zakaria-al-Qazwini-XVIe-persan-768x722.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Shadhavar-NYPL-ms-49-fol-330v-Zakaria-al-Qazwini-XVIe-persan-1536x1445.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Shadhavar-NYPL-ms-49-fol-330v-Zakaria-al-Qazwini-XVIe-persan-319x300.jpg 319w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Shadhavar \u00e0 corne \u00e0 trous.<br \/>\nZakaria al Qazwini, <i>Livre des merveilles de la cr\u00e9ation,<\/i> manuscrit persan, XVIe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nNew York Public Library, Spenser ms 49, fol 330v\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"791\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2101\" data-id=\"2101\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Shadhavar-Bordeaux-ms-130-p.306-2048x791.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Shadhavar-Bordeaux-ms-130-p.306-2048x791.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Shadhavar-Bordeaux-ms-130-p.306-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Shadhavar-Bordeaux-ms-130-p.306-768x297.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Shadhavar-Bordeaux-ms-130-p.306-1536x593.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Shadhavar-Bordeaux-ms-130-p.306-500x193.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Le f\u00e9roce Shadavar s\u2019appr\u00eate \u00e0 d\u00e9vorer les animaux attir\u00e9s par sa musique.<br \/>\nZakaria al Qazwini, <i>Livre des merveilles de la cr\u00e9ation, <\/i>manuscrit arabe, XVIIe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nBiblioth\u00e8que de Bordeaux, ms 130, p.306\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1952\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2103\" data-id=\"2103\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Shadhavar-Al-Qazwini-Livre-des-Merveilles-Princeton-University-Garrett-82-G-img-434.-2048x1952.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Shadhavar-Al-Qazwini-Livre-des-Merveilles-Princeton-University-Garrett-82-G-img-434.-2048x1952.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Shadhavar-Al-Qazwini-Livre-des-Merveilles-Princeton-University-Garrett-82-G-img-434.-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Shadhavar-Al-Qazwini-Livre-des-Merveilles-Princeton-University-Garrett-82-G-img-434.-768x732.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Shadhavar-Al-Qazwini-Livre-des-Merveilles-Princeton-University-Garrett-82-G-img-434.-1536x1464.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Shadhavar-Al-Qazwini-Livre-des-Merveilles-Princeton-University-Garrett-82-G-img-434.-315x300.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Tout se complique avec ce shadhavar persan \u00e0 la bonne d\u00e9gaine de ki-lin chinois&#8230;.<br \/>\nZakaria al Qazwini, <i>Livre des merveilles de la cr\u00e9ation, <\/i>manuscrit persan, XVIIIe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nPrinceton University Library, ms Garrett 82G, image 434<\/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>Sir\u00e8nes et licornes \u00e9taient aussi rarement observ\u00e9es l\u2019une que l\u2019autre, et l\u2019apparence de la sir\u00e8ne, qui passe progressivement du mod\u00e8le oiseau h\u00e9rit\u00e9 de l\u2019antiquit\u00e9 au mod\u00e8le poisson peut-\u00eatre venu de traditions nordiques, peut-\u00eatre simple confusion avec les n\u00e9r\u00e9\u00efdes \u00e9volue encore plus que celle de la licorne. Quelques unes ont m\u00eame tout \u00e0 la fois les ailes d&#8217;oiseaux et la queue de poisson. Tout comme la corne de la licorne, blanche, noire ou multicolore, lisse ou spiral\u00e9e, la queue de la sir\u00e8ne poisson peut prendre des aspects vari\u00e9s, toujours \u00e9caill\u00e9e mais tant\u00f4t unique, tant\u00f4t bifide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><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=\"869\" height=\"790\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2083\" data-id=\"2083\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Arsenal-ms-3516-fol-202v-Bestiaire-de-Pierre-le-Picard.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Arsenal-ms-3516-fol-202v-Bestiaire-de-Pierre-le-Picard.jpg 869w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Arsenal-ms-3516-fol-202v-Bestiaire-de-Pierre-le-Picard-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Arsenal-ms-3516-fol-202v-Bestiaire-de-Pierre-le-Picard-768x698.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Arsenal-ms-3516-fol-202v-Bestiaire-de-Pierre-le-Picard-330x300.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 869px) 100vw, 869px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">H\u00e9sitant entre la sir\u00e8ne oiseau et la sir\u00e8ne poisson, les enlumineurs choisissent souvent de ne pas choisir.<br \/>\nBestiaire de Pierre le Picard, XIIIe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nBiblioth\u00e8que de l&#8217;Arsenal, ms 3516, fol 202v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"710\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2104\" data-id=\"2104\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-University-ms-Ii.4.26-fol-39r.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-University-ms-Ii.4.26-fol-39r.jpg 600w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-University-ms-Ii.4.26-fol-39r-254x300.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">\u2026ou de ne pas choisir.\n<br \/>Bestiaire du XIIIe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nCambridge University library, ms li 4.26, fol 13v\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>Le monde marin \u00e9tant imagin\u00e9 comme un d\u00e9calque du monde terrestre, il abritait des hommes et des femmes de mer, les tritons et les n\u00e9r\u00e9ides, plus ou moins confondus d\u00e8s lors avec les sir\u00e8nes aquatiques. On y trouvait aussi des chevaliers, des moines, des \u00e9v\u00eaques, un pape, des cerfs, des lapins, des sangliers, des chevaux, des \u00e9l\u00e9phants et, bien s\u00fbr, des licornes de mer, dont il est question dans un chapitre de mon livre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><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=\"1509\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2274\" data-id=\"2274\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Add-ms-11390-fol-53v-Jacob-van-Maerlant-der-Naturen-Bloeme-circa-1310-1509x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Add-ms-11390-fol-53v-Jacob-van-Maerlant-der-Naturen-Bloeme-circa-1310-1509x2048.jpg 1509w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Add-ms-11390-fol-53v-Jacob-van-Maerlant-der-Naturen-Bloeme-circa-1310-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Add-ms-11390-fol-53v-Jacob-van-Maerlant-der-Naturen-Bloeme-circa-1310-768x1042.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Add-ms-11390-fol-53v-Jacob-van-Maerlant-der-Naturen-Bloeme-circa-1310-1132x1536.jpg 1132w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Add-ms-11390-fol-53v-Jacob-van-Maerlant-der-Naturen-Bloeme-circa-1310-scaled.jpg 1886w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1509px) 100vw, 1509px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Licorne de mer, moine de mer, n\u00e9r\u00e9ide et lapin de mer dans un bestiaire flamand.<br \/>\nJacob van Maerlant, Der Naturen Bloeme, circa 1310.<br \/>\nBritish Library, Add ms 11390, fol 53v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1524\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2275\" data-id=\"2275\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Add-ms-11390-fol-54v-Jacob-van-Maerlant-der-Naturen-Bloeme-circa-1310-1524x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Add-ms-11390-fol-54v-Jacob-van-Maerlant-der-Naturen-Bloeme-circa-1310-1524x2048.jpg 1524w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Add-ms-11390-fol-54v-Jacob-van-Maerlant-der-Naturen-Bloeme-circa-1310-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Add-ms-11390-fol-54v-Jacob-van-Maerlant-der-Naturen-Bloeme-circa-1310-768x1032.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Add-ms-11390-fol-54v-Jacob-van-Maerlant-der-Naturen-Bloeme-circa-1310-1143x1536.jpg 1143w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Add-ms-11390-fol-54v-Jacob-van-Maerlant-der-Naturen-Bloeme-circa-1310-scaled.jpg 1905w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1524px) 100vw, 1524px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">La vraie sir\u00e8ne est quelques pages plus loin.<br \/>\nJacob van Maerlant, Der Naturen Bloeme, circa 1310.<br \/>\nBritish Library, Add ms 11390, fol 54v.<\/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>Quelques voyageurs ont vu des sir\u00e8nes, mais lorsque Christophe Colomb, observant des lamantins pr\u00e8s de la Dominique, d\u00e9crit trois sir\u00e8nes \u00ab&nbsp;qui n\u2019\u00e9taient pas aussi belles qu\u2019on le repr\u00e9sente&nbsp;\u00bb mais auxquelles il trouve \u00ab&nbsp;presque les traits d\u2019un homme&nbsp;<a href=\"#_ftn2\">[2]<\/a>\u00bb, on ne peut que penser \u00e0 Marco Polo, deux si\u00e8cles plus t\u00f4t, d\u00e9crivant les rhinoc\u00e9ros de Java, des licornes qui ne sont \u00ab&nbsp;point du tout comme nous, d\u2019ici, disons et d\u00e9crivons&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\"><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=\"1341\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2082\" data-id=\"2082\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cornelius-de-Jode-Speculum-Orbis-Terrarum-1341x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cornelius-de-Jode-Speculum-Orbis-Terrarum-1341x2048.jpg 1341w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cornelius-de-Jode-Speculum-Orbis-Terrarum-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cornelius-de-Jode-Speculum-Orbis-Terrarum-768x1173.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cornelius-de-Jode-Speculum-Orbis-Terrarum-1005x1536.jpg 1005w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cornelius-de-Jode-Speculum-Orbis-Terrarum-scaled.jpg 1676w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1341px) 100vw, 1341px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Ici, la licorne de mer c\u00f4toie sir\u00e8nes et tritons.<br \/>\nCornelius de Jode, <i>Speculum Orbis Terrarum, <\/i> 1593.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1336\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2081\" data-id=\"2081\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cornelius-de-Jode-Speculum-Orbis-Terrarum-2-1336x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cornelius-de-Jode-Speculum-Orbis-Terrarum-2-1336x2048.jpg 1336w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cornelius-de-Jode-Speculum-Orbis-Terrarum-2-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cornelius-de-Jode-Speculum-Orbis-Terrarum-2-768x1177.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cornelius-de-Jode-Speculum-Orbis-Terrarum-2-1002x1536.jpg 1002w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cornelius-de-Jode-Speculum-Orbis-Terrarum-2-scaled.jpg 1670w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1336px) 100vw, 1336px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">avec quelques dragons aussi, pour faire bon poids.<br \/>\nCornelius de Jode, <i>Speculum Orbis Terrarum, <\/i> 1593.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1234\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2090\" data-id=\"2090\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Nicolas-Chaperon-Dieu-creant-les-animaux-1649.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Nicolas-Chaperon-Dieu-creant-les-animaux-1649.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Nicolas-Chaperon-Dieu-creant-les-animaux-1649-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Nicolas-Chaperon-Dieu-creant-les-animaux-1649-768x474.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Nicolas-Chaperon-Dieu-creant-les-animaux-1649-1536x948.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Nicolas-Chaperon-Dieu-creant-les-animaux-1649-486x300.jpg 486w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Niocolas Chaperon, <i>Dieu cr\u00e9ant les animaux,<\/i>1649.<br \/>\nCette gravure reproduit une fresque de Rapha\u00ebl au Vatican, dat\u00e9e de 1520. Entre la licorne et la girafe unicorne, on voit au loin une sir\u00e8ne bifide.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"959\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2111\" data-id=\"2111\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/5-Tramin-St.Jakob_Kastelaz_-_Phantastische_Lebewesen_rechts_6_Ziegenfisch-959x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/5-Tramin-St.Jakob_Kastelaz_-_Phantastische_Lebewesen_rechts_6_Ziegenfisch-959x2048.jpg 959w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/5-Tramin-St.Jakob_Kastelaz_-_Phantastische_Lebewesen_rechts_6_Ziegenfisch-140x300.jpg 140w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/5-Tramin-St.Jakob_Kastelaz_-_Phantastische_Lebewesen_rechts_6_Ziegenfisch-768x1641.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/5-Tramin-St.Jakob_Kastelaz_-_Phantastische_Lebewesen_rechts_6_Ziegenfisch-719x1536.jpg 719w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/5-Tramin-St.Jakob_Kastelaz_-_Phantastische_Lebewesen_rechts_6_Ziegenfisch.jpg 1146w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 959px) 100vw, 959px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Peinture romane de l\u2019\u00e9glise Saint-Jacob \u00e0 Tramin, dans le Tyrol, circa 1210.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1085\" height=\"1119\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3650\" data-id=\"3650\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Heidelberg-ms-cod-pal-germ-60-fol-160v-Le-voyage-de-Saint-Brandan-circa-1460.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Heidelberg-ms-cod-pal-germ-60-fol-160v-Le-voyage-de-Saint-Brandan-circa-1460.jpg 1085w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Heidelberg-ms-cod-pal-germ-60-fol-160v-Le-voyage-de-Saint-Brandan-circa-1460-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Heidelberg-ms-cod-pal-germ-60-fol-160v-Le-voyage-de-Saint-Brandan-circa-1460-768x792.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1085px) 100vw, 1085px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>Le voyage de Saint Brandan<\/i>, manuscrit allemand, vers 1460.<br \/>\nBiblioth\u00e8que de Heidelberg, cod palm germ 60, fol 160v.<\/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 la Renaissance, la sir\u00e8ne \u00e0 demi-humaine rel\u00e8ve plus du monstrueux, de l\u2019accident, quand la licorne reste un animal exotique, plus ou moins merveilleux. Beaucoup croient n\u00e9anmoins encore vaguement \u00e0 l\u2019existence d\u2019hommes marins. Conrad Gesner consacre \u00e0 ces tritons un bref chapitre, illustr\u00e9 par une gravure de \u00ab&nbsp;satyre marin&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\"><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=\"1118\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2139\" data-id=\"2139\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Gesner-Icones-aquatilium-2048x1118.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Gesner-Icones-aquatilium-2048x1118.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Gesner-Icones-aquatilium-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Gesner-Icones-aquatilium-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Gesner-Icones-aquatilium-1536x838.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Gesner-Icones-aquatilium-500x273.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Le satyre marin d\u00e9crit en 1558 par Conrad Gesner.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1620\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2138\" data-id=\"2138\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Conrad-Gesner-Historia-Animalium-vol-1-de-Quadrupedibus-Viviparis-Zurich-1651-p.781--2048x1620.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Conrad-Gesner-Historia-Animalium-vol-1-de-Quadrupedibus-Viviparis-Zurich-1651-p.781--2048x1620.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Conrad-Gesner-Historia-Animalium-vol-1-de-Quadrupedibus-Viviparis-Zurich-1651-p.781--300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Conrad-Gesner-Historia-Animalium-vol-1-de-Quadrupedibus-Viviparis-Zurich-1651-p.781--768x607.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Conrad-Gesner-Historia-Animalium-vol-1-de-Quadrupedibus-Viviparis-Zurich-1651-p.781--1536x1215.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Conrad-Gesner-Historia-Animalium-vol-1-de-Quadrupedibus-Viviparis-Zurich-1651-p.781--379x300.jpg 379w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">La licorne de l&#8217;<i>Histori\u00e6 animalium<\/i> de Conrad Gesner.<\/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>Les savants deviennent ensuite plus prudents. Dans les ouvrages de Wolfgang Frantze ou de Jan Jonston, au XVIIe si\u00e8cle, la licorne, consid\u00e9r\u00e9e comme un animal r\u00e9el, a encore droit \u00e0 son chapitre parmi les quadrup\u00e8des, m\u00eame si Frantze discute de son identit\u00e9 avec le rhinoc\u00e9ros. La sir\u00e8ne est trait\u00e9e plus rapidement, avec d\u2019autres cr\u00e9atures \u00e0 l\u2019existence douteuse, comme le griffon ou la harpie. Thomas Bartholin, auteur des longues <em>Nouvelles observations sur la licorne<\/em>, \u00e9crivit aussi une br\u00e8ve dissertation sur les sir\u00e8nes<a href=\"#_ftn3\">[3]<\/a>, qui selon lui existent r\u00e9ellement. Bref, m\u00eame s\u2019il a fait couler moins d\u2019encre que celui sur les licornes, il y eut aussi un d\u00e9bat sur la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 des sir\u00e8nes, et leur identit\u00e9 avec lamantins et dugongs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><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=\"1073\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2145\" data-id=\"2145\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bartholin-1073x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bartholin-1073x2048.jpg 1073w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bartholin-157x300.jpg 157w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bartholin-768x1465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bartholin-805x1536.jpg 805w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bartholin.jpg 1132w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1073px) 100vw, 1073px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Sur le frontispice de l\u2019\u00e9dition de 1678 du trait\u00e9 sur la licorne de Thomas Bartholin, des tritons semblent se livrer \u00e0 un fructueux trafic de cornes de licorne. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1572\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2146\" data-id=\"2146\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Durer-monstre-marin-1572x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Durer-monstre-marin-1572x2048.jpg 1572w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Durer-monstre-marin-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Durer-monstre-marin-768x1001.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Durer-monstre-marin-1179x1536.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Durer-monstre-marin-scaled.jpg 1965w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1572px) 100vw, 1572px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Albrecht D\u00fcrer, <i>Le monstre marin, <\/i>variation aquatique sur le th\u00e8me du satyre et de l\u2019homme sauvage cornu, circa 1510.<\/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>Je ne crois pas que des p\u00eaches \u00e0 la sir\u00e8ne aient \u00e9t\u00e9 organis\u00e9es au XIXe si\u00e8cle comme l\u2019ont \u00e9t\u00e9 de vaines chasses \u00e0 la licorne en Afrique du Sud et dans l&#8217;Himalaya. En 1822 cependant, dans le <em>Journal Asiatique<\/em>, un certain John Dory, prenant acte de ce que la pr\u00e9sence de licornes au Tibet \u00e9tait d\u00e9sormais un fait attest\u00e9 et de ce qu\u2019un specimen \u00e9tait en route pour Londres \u2013 il ne semble pas qu\u2019il soit arriv\u00e9 \u2013 proposait de s\u2019int\u00e9resser de nouveau aux sir\u00e8nes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1555\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Richard-Owen-Cambridge-The-Scribleriad-1751-British-Museum-1555x2048.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Richard-Owen-Cambridge-The-Scribleriad-1751-British-Museum-1555x2048.jpg 1555w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Richard-Owen-Cambridge-The-Scribleriad-1751-British-Museum-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Richard-Owen-Cambridge-The-Scribleriad-1751-British-Museum-768x1012.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Richard-Owen-Cambridge-The-Scribleriad-1751-British-Museum-1166x1536.jpg 1166w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Richard-Owen-Cambridge-The-Scribleriad-1751-British-Museum.jpg 1898w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1555px) 100vw, 1555px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The Scribleriad<\/em>, de Richard Owen Cambridge, est un texte satirique, dont l&#8217;esprit se situe quelque part entre Cervant\u00e8s et Voltaire. Ici, dans un pays aussi vague qu&#8217;exotique, cohabitent licorne et sir\u00e8ne.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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> Richard de Fournival, <em>Bestiaire d\u2019amour.<\/em><br \/><a href=\"#_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a> Cit\u00e9 in <em>Relation des quatre voyages entrepris par Christophe Colomb<\/em>, 1828.<br \/><a href=\"#_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a> Traduite en fran\u00e7ais dans les <em>M\u00e9moires litt\u00e9raires contenant des r\u00e9flexions sur l&#8217;origine des nations<\/em>, 1750.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dans une monographie, il faut toujours, quelque part, une comparaison permettant de resituer un peu le sujet. Apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9limin\u00e9 le dragon, trop complexe et trop diff\u00e9rent, il me restait deux solides candidats, la sir\u00e8ne et le griffon. 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