{"id":2153,"date":"2022-05-09T09:13:42","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T09:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/?p=2153"},"modified":"2023-05-10T15:51:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T15:51:03","slug":"%e2%9e%95-pattes-deph-et-sabots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/2022\/05\/09\/%e2%9e%95-pattes-deph-et-sabots\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2795 Pattes d&#8217;Eph et sabots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>La licorne a-t-elle les larges pieds \u00e0 cinq doigts de l\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9phant, le sabot plein de l\u2019\u00e2ne ou du cheval ou le sabot fendu de la ch\u00e8vre et de l\u2019antilope&nbsp;? Si les artistes ont vite choisi le sabot fendu, savants et voyageurs sont rest\u00e9s divis\u00e9s.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1957\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2169\" data-id=\"2169\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-ms-Bodl-764-fol-10v-1957x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-ms-Bodl-764-fol-10v-1957x2048.jpg 1957w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-ms-Bodl-764-fol-10v-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-ms-Bodl-764-fol-10v-768x804.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-ms-Bodl-764-fol-10v-1468x1536.jpg 1468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1957px) 100vw, 1957px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">L&#8217;unicornis d&#8217;un bestiaire anglais en latin, copi\u00e9 vers 1250. <br \/>\nOxford, Bodleian Library, ms Bodl 764, fol 10v.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1940\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2170\" data-id=\"2170\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-ms-Bodl-764-fol-22r-1940x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-ms-Bodl-764-fol-22r-1940x2048.jpg 1940w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-ms-Bodl-764-fol-22r-284x300.jpg 284w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-ms-Bodl-764-fol-22r-768x811.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-ms-Bodl-764-fol-22r-1455x1536.jpg 1455w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1940px) 100vw, 1940px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Le Monoceros du m\u00eame bestiaire.<br \/>\nOxford, Bodleian Library, ms Bodl 764, fol 10v et 22r\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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Si l\u2019on en croit Ct\u00e9sias de Cnide, l\u2019\u00e2ne sauvage des Indes n&#8217;avait qu&#8217;une corne. Pour Aristote, l&#8217;oryx \u00e9tait une antilope unicorne. Pline et Elien assuraient que le monoc\u00e9ros d\u2019Inde avait des pieds d\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9phant. Pour le Physiologus, la licorne ressemble \u00e0 un chevreau. L&#8217;animal issu de toutes ces sources pouvait donc avoir un sabot plein comme l\u2019\u00e2ne, un sabot fendu comme la ch\u00e8vre et l&#8217;antilope, ou bien un pied massif dot\u00e9s de cinq doigts comme l\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9phant ou de trois comme le rhinoc\u00e9ros. La question peut sembler d\u2019un int\u00e9r\u00eat limit\u00e9, mais elle a donn\u00e9 lieu \u00e0 controverses, sans doute parce que les premiers trait\u00e9s de zoologie, suivant en cela Aristote, classaient les quadrup\u00e8des selon qu\u2019ils \u00e9taient solip\u00e8des, fissip\u00e8des (ou bisulques) ou polydactyles &#8211; rassurez-vous, on va s\u2019arr\u00eater l\u00e0 avec les mots bizarres.<\/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=\"1548\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2197\" data-id=\"2197\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Ane-Ctesias-Johannes-Collaert-1566-2048x1548.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Ane-Ctesias-Johannes-Collaert-1566-2048x1548.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Ane-Ctesias-Johannes-Collaert-1566-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Ane-Ctesias-Johannes-Collaert-1566-768x580.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Ane-Ctesias-Johannes-Collaert-1566-1536x1161.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Ane-Ctesias-Johannes-Collaert-1566-397x300.jpg 397w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Les \u00e2nes unicornes de l\u2019Inde, tels que d\u00e9crits par Ct\u00e9sias. <br \/>\nGravure de Johannes Collaert, 1566.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"896\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2194\" data-id=\"2194\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Monoceros-BL-ms-Sloane-3544-fol-9v-2048x896.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Monoceros-BL-ms-Sloane-3544-fol-9v-2048x896.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Monoceros-BL-ms-Sloane-3544-fol-9v-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Monoceros-BL-ms-Sloane-3544-fol-9v-768x336.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Monoceros-BL-ms-Sloane-3544-fol-9v-1536x672.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Monoceros-BL-ms-Sloane-3544-fol-9v-500x219.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Le monoceros de Pline, pieds d\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9phant, corps de cheval, corne noire, dans un Bestiaire anglais du XIIIe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>British Library, ms Sloane 3544, fol 9v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1654\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2191\" data-id=\"2191\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Monoceros-Einhorn_Alte_Pfarrkirche_Algund-2048x1654.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Monoceros-Einhorn_Alte_Pfarrkirche_Algund-2048x1654.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Monoceros-Einhorn_Alte_Pfarrkirche_Algund-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Monoceros-Einhorn_Alte_Pfarrkirche_Algund-768x620.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Monoceros-Einhorn_Alte_Pfarrkirche_Algund-1536x1240.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Monoceros-Einhorn_Alte_Pfarrkirche_Algund-372x300.jpg 372w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Licorne en bas-relief sur la frise de l\u2019\u00e9glise Saint-Hyppolite et Saint-Erhard \u00e0 Algund, dans le sud Tyrol, fin du XIIe si\u00e8cle. Sont-ce des pattes d\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9phant ?<br \/>Photo ManfredK, Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1029\" height=\"704\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-6106\" data-id=\"6106\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Westminster-Abbey-Bestiary-circa-1280-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Westminster-Abbey-Bestiary-circa-1280-1.jpg 1029w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Westminster-Abbey-Bestiary-circa-1280-1-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Westminster-Abbey-Bestiary-circa-1280-1-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Westminster-Abbey-Bestiary-circa-1280-1-438x300.jpg 438w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1029px) 100vw, 1029px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Une licorne \/ rhinoc\u00e9ros \u00e0 sabots pleins.<br \/>\nBestiaire de l&#8217;Abbaye de Westminster, circa 1280.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1326\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2192\" data-id=\"2192\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Monoceros-Leiden-ms-BPL-14A-fol-48v-Jacob-van-Maerlant-der-naturen-bloeme-2048x1326.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Monoceros-Leiden-ms-BPL-14A-fol-48v-Jacob-van-Maerlant-der-naturen-bloeme-2048x1326.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Monoceros-Leiden-ms-BPL-14A-fol-48v-Jacob-van-Maerlant-der-naturen-bloeme-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Monoceros-Leiden-ms-BPL-14A-fol-48v-Jacob-van-Maerlant-der-naturen-bloeme-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Monoceros-Leiden-ms-BPL-14A-fol-48v-Jacob-van-Maerlant-der-naturen-bloeme-1536x995.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Monoceros-Leiden-ms-BPL-14A-fol-48v-Jacob-van-Maerlant-der-naturen-bloeme-463x300.jpg 463w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Ce monoceros d\u2019un bestiaire flamand a bien, comme le disent Pline et Solin, une t\u00eate de cerf, des pattes d\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9phant, une queue de cochon et une corne au milieu du front.<br \/>Leyde, Biblioth\u00e8que universitaire, ms BPL 14A, fol 48v.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1027\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2198\" data-id=\"2198\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Monoceros-Maerten-de-Vos-1572-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Monoceros-Maerten-de-Vos-1572-1.jpg 1027w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Monoceros-Maerten-de-Vos-1572-1-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Monoceros-Maerten-de-Vos-1572-1-768x897.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1027px) 100vw, 1027px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">La licorne peinte par Maerten de Vos en 1572 a une longue corne spiral\u00e9e, mais n\u00e9anmoins les pattes d\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9phant et la queue de cochon d\u00e9crites par Pline. \u00c0 l\u2019arri\u00e8re-plan, on voit qu\u2019elle purifie les eaux. \u00c0 l\u2019allure des chasseurs, on devine que l\u2019on est sans doute en \u00c9thiopie, pays des licornes.<br \/>\nStaatliches Museum Schwerin, Allemagne\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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les bestiaires m\u00e9di\u00e9vaux ne s\u2019attardent g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement pas sur la silhouette de la licorne, mais quand ils en glissent quelques mots, l\u2019animal est souvent d\u00e9crit comme caprin. Pour le bestiaire de Gervaise, au XIIIe si\u00e8cle, l\u2019unicorne est \u00ab&nbsp;\u00e0 bouc semblable&nbsp;\u00bb<a href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a>. La gravure de <em>l\u2019Historia animalium<\/em> de Conrad Gesner, qui fit longtemps autorit\u00e9, montre une licorne caprine, aux sabots fendus. Le naturaliste suisse \u00e9crivait pourtant, avec la m\u00eame prudence que quand il abordait l\u2019existence m\u00eame de l\u2019animal, que \u00ab&nbsp;la licorne doit \u00eatre imagin\u00e9e plut\u00f4t solip\u00e8de que fissip\u00e8de, les ongles \u00e9tant de m\u00eame nature que la corne&nbsp;\u00bb. Il cite sur ce point Aristote, mais on pense aussi \u00e0 l\u2019h\u00e9ritage des similitudes et correspondances m\u00e9di\u00e9vales.<\/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=\"1424\" height=\"1068\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2199\" data-id=\"2199\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-BL-Add-ms-28260-fol-88v.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-BL-Add-ms-28260-fol-88v.jpg 1424w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-BL-Add-ms-28260-fol-88v-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-BL-Add-ms-28260-fol-88v-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-BL-Add-ms-28260-fol-88v-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1424px) 100vw, 1424px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Petite licorne \u00e0 barbichette et sabots fendus sur un bestiaire du XIIIe si\u00e8cle.\nBritish Library, Add ms 28260, fol 88v\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1290\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5040\" data-id=\"5040\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Morgan-ms-G-24-fol-9r-Voeux-du-paon-circa-1350-1290x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Morgan-ms-G-24-fol-9r-Voeux-du-paon-circa-1350-1290x2048.jpg 1290w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Morgan-ms-G-24-fol-9r-Voeux-du-paon-circa-1350-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Morgan-ms-G-24-fol-9r-Voeux-du-paon-circa-1350-768x1219.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Morgan-ms-G-24-fol-9r-Voeux-du-paon-circa-1350-968x1536.jpg 968w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Morgan-ms-G-24-fol-9r-Voeux-du-paon-circa-1350.jpg 1613w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1290px) 100vw, 1290px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Dans la marge d&#8217;un manuscrit des <i>V\u0153ux du paon<\/i>, au milieu du XIVe si\u00e8cle, cette licorne a d\u00e9j\u00e0 robe blanche, barbiche, sabots fendus et corne spiral\u00e9e. New York, Morgan Library, ms G.24, fol 9r.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"663\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2181\" data-id=\"2181\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Arsenal-ms-647-Res-fol-12v-Capricorne-Livre-dheures.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Arsenal-ms-647-Res-fol-12v-Capricorne-Livre-dheures.jpg 474w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Arsenal-ms-647-Res-fol-12v-Capricorne-Livre-dheures-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>Le Capricorne<\/i>, LIvre d\u2019heures du XVe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nBiblioth\u00e8que de l\u2019Arsenal, ms 647 res, fol 12 r<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1028\" height=\"1261\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2180\" data-id=\"2180\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-BM-Tours-ms-0520-fol-222v.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-BM-Tours-ms-0520-fol-222v.png 1028w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-BM-Tours-ms-0520-fol-222v-245x300.png 245w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-BM-Tours-ms-0520-fol-222v-768x942.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1028px) 100vw, 1028px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Une licorne \u00e0 corne spiral\u00e9e, bouc et sabots fendus sur un manuscrit des proph\u00e9ties papales, au XVe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nBiblioth\u00e8que municipale de Tours, ms 520, fol 222\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1981\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2179\" data-id=\"2179\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-Tapisserie-rhenane-circa-1500-Bayerische-Nationalmuseum-2048x1981.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-Tapisserie-rhenane-circa-1500-Bayerische-Nationalmuseum-2048x1981.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-Tapisserie-rhenane-circa-1500-Bayerische-Nationalmuseum-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-Tapisserie-rhenane-circa-1500-Bayerische-Nationalmuseum-768x743.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-Tapisserie-rhenane-circa-1500-Bayerische-Nationalmuseum-1536x1486.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-Tapisserie-rhenane-circa-1500-Bayerische-Nationalmuseum-310x300.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">La petite licorne de cette chasse mystique, tiss\u00e9e au XVe si\u00e8cle en Rh\u00e9nanie, est dans une position propre aux caprins.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2178\" data-id=\"2178\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-Liberale_da_verona_trionfo_della_castita_e_dellamore_dalla_coll._pompei_vr_022_unicorni-1365x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-Liberale_da_verona_trionfo_della_castita_e_dellamore_dalla_coll._pompei_vr_022_unicorni-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-Liberale_da_verona_trionfo_della_castita_e_dellamore_dalla_coll._pompei_vr_022_unicorni-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-Liberale_da_verona_trionfo_della_castita_e_dellamore_dalla_coll._pompei_vr_022_unicorni-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-Liberale_da_verona_trionfo_della_castita_e_dellamore_dalla_coll._pompei_vr_022_unicorni-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-Liberale_da_verona_trionfo_della_castita_e_dellamore_dalla_coll._pompei_vr_022_unicorni.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1365px) 100vw, 1365px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Les deux licornes tirant le char de la chastet\u00e9 dans les Triomphes de P\u00e9trarque, circa 1450.<br \/>\nV\u00e9rone, Museo di Castelvecchio.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1546\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2175\" data-id=\"2175\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-Bibliotheque-de-Bergame-Givannino-de-Grassi-e-bottega-Livre-de-dessins-circa-1400-1546x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-Bibliotheque-de-Bergame-Givannino-de-Grassi-e-bottega-Livre-de-dessins-circa-1400-1546x2048.jpg 1546w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-Bibliotheque-de-Bergame-Givannino-de-Grassi-e-bottega-Livre-de-dessins-circa-1400-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-Bibliotheque-de-Bergame-Givannino-de-Grassi-e-bottega-Livre-de-dessins-circa-1400-768x1017.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-Bibliotheque-de-Bergame-Givannino-de-Grassi-e-bottega-Livre-de-dessins-circa-1400-1160x1536.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-Bibliotheque-de-Bergame-Givannino-de-Grassi-e-bottega-Livre-de-dessins-circa-1400.jpg 1812w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1546px) 100vw, 1546px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Giovannino de Grassi, Animaux sauvages, circa 1400.<br \/>\nBibiloth\u00e8que de Bergame.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"1327\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3641\" data-id=\"3641\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Tuile-ceramique-fin-du-moyen-age-Tyrol-photo-Renzo-Dionigi.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Tuile-ceramique-fin-du-moyen-age-Tyrol-photo-Renzo-Dionigi.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Tuile-ceramique-fin-du-moyen-age-Tyrol-photo-Renzo-Dionigi-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Tuile-ceramique-fin-du-moyen-age-Tyrol-photo-Renzo-Dionigi-768x747.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Tuile-ceramique-fin-du-moyen-age-Tyrol-photo-Renzo-Dionigi-309x300.jpg 309w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1365px) 100vw, 1365px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Tuile de c\u00e9ramique, Tyrol, <\/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=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les naturalistes professionnels, les seuls sans doute \u00e0 aller sur ce point de d\u00e9tail consulter Aristote, voyaient donc souvent dans l\u2019unicorne &#8211; l\u2019\u00e2ne indien &#8211; un solip\u00e8de, un quadrup\u00e8de \u00e0 sabot entier. Les humanistes moins sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9s l\u2019imaginaient cependant, tout comme les graveurs qui illustr\u00e8rent l\u2019\u0153uvre de Gesner ou l\u2019une des premi\u00e8res versions imprim\u00e9es du <em>De Animalibus<\/em> d\u2019Albert le Grand, avec une silhouette l\u00e9g\u00e8rement caprine et des sabots fendus.<\/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=\"1325\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2168\" data-id=\"2168\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Albertus-Magnus-Von-Art-Natur-und-Eygenschafft-der-Thierer-Frankfurt-1545-p107-1325x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Albertus-Magnus-Von-Art-Natur-und-Eygenschafft-der-Thierer-Frankfurt-1545-p107-1325x2048.jpg 1325w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Albertus-Magnus-Von-Art-Natur-und-Eygenschafft-der-Thierer-Frankfurt-1545-p107-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Albertus-Magnus-Von-Art-Natur-und-Eygenschafft-der-Thierer-Frankfurt-1545-p107-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Albertus-Magnus-Von-Art-Natur-und-Eygenschafft-der-Thierer-Frankfurt-1545-p107-994x1536.jpg 994w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Albertus-Magnus-Von-Art-Natur-und-Eygenschafft-der-Thierer-Frankfurt-1545-p107-scaled.jpg 1656w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1325px) 100vw, 1325px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Licorne aux sabots fendus.<br \/>Albertus Magnus, <i>Von Art Natur und Eygenschafft der Thierer<\/i>, Frankfurt, 1545<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1292\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2167\" data-id=\"2167\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Albertus-Magnus-Von-Art-Natur-und-Eygenschafft-der-Thierer-Frankfurt-1545-p.86-1292x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Albertus-Magnus-Von-Art-Natur-und-Eygenschafft-der-Thierer-Frankfurt-1545-p.86-1292x2048.jpg 1292w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Albertus-Magnus-Von-Art-Natur-und-Eygenschafft-der-Thierer-Frankfurt-1545-p.86-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Albertus-Magnus-Von-Art-Natur-und-Eygenschafft-der-Thierer-Frankfurt-1545-p.86-768x1217.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Albertus-Magnus-Von-Art-Natur-und-Eygenschafft-der-Thierer-Frankfurt-1545-p.86-969x1536.jpg 969w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Albertus-Magnus-Von-Art-Natur-und-Eygenschafft-der-Thierer-Frankfurt-1545-p.86-scaled.jpg 1615w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1292px) 100vw, 1292px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">et monoceros \u00e0 pattes d&#8217;eph.<br \/>Albertus Magnus, <i>Von Art Natur und Eygenschafft der Thierer<\/i>, Frankfurt, 1545<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1181\" height=\"833\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2200\" data-id=\"2200\" 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.781-1-1.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.781-1-1.jpg 1181w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Conrad-Gesner-Historia-Animalium-vol-1-de-Quadrupedibus-Viviparis-Zurich-1651-p.781-1-1-300x212.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.781-1-1-768x542.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.781-1-1-425x300.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1181px) 100vw, 1181px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>Cette figure est semblable \u00e0 celle que dessinent les peintres, mais je n&#8217;en sais rien de certain.<\/i><br \/><br \/>Conrad Gesner, <i>Historia Animalium, vol 1, de Quadrupedibus Viviparis, <\/i>Zurich, 1651<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"922\" height=\"1486\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5786\" data-id=\"5786\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Aldrovandi-ed-1623.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Aldrovandi-ed-1623.jpg 922w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Aldrovandi-ed-1623-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Aldrovandi-ed-1623-768x1238.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 922px) 100vw, 922px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Ulysse Aldrovandi, qui ne croyait gu\u00e8re \u00e0 l&#8217;existence de la licorne, en tra\u00eete dans son ouvrage sur les solip\u00e8des, les quadrup\u00e8des \u00e0 sabots entiers.<br \/>\n<i>De Quadrupedibus Solipedibus<\/i>, 1623.<\/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=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les quadrup\u00e8des \u00e0 sabots fendus, ch\u00e8vres ou antilopes, s\u2019accroupissent en pliant tout d\u2019abord les membres ant\u00e9rieurs, contrairement aux \u00e9quid\u00e9s qui s\u2019assoient sur leurs pattes post\u00e9rieures repli\u00e9es. Pliant ses pattes avant pour laisser reposer sa t\u00eate dans le giron d\u2019une jeune vierge, la licorne \u00e9tait souvent repr\u00e9sent\u00e9e par les miniaturistes du Moyen \u00c2ge dans une position naturelle aux caprins, jamais observ\u00e9e chez un \u00e9quid\u00e9&nbsp;; trempant sa corne dans l\u2019eau pour la purifier, elle \u00e9tait aussi parfois dessin\u00e9e dans une stature accroupie propre aux fissip\u00e8des. Sans que nos naturalistes en soient conscients, car cet argument n\u2019est jamais avanc\u00e9 dans leurs ouvrages, ces licornes agenouill\u00e9es sont peut-\u00eatre en partie responsables de la persistance des sabots fendus de la licorne. \u00c0 la Renaissance, les licornes qui gagnent en prestance \u00e9quine et commencent, notamment en h\u00e9raldique, \u00e0 s\u2019asseoir sur leurs pattes arri\u00e8res, conservent le plus souvent deux attributs mineurs ais\u00e9ment reconnaissables de la petite unicorne caprine, ses sabots divis\u00e9s et son bouc, que l\u2019on distingue clairement, par exemple, sur les tapisseries de <em>La Dame \u00e0 la licorne.<\/em><\/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=\"1535\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2184\" data-id=\"2184\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-Marie_tissant-scenes-de-la-vie-de-la-Vierge-cathedrale-Notre-Dame-de-Reims-2-debut-XVIe.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-Marie_tissant-scenes-de-la-vie-de-la-Vierge-cathedrale-Notre-Dame-de-Reims-2-debut-XVIe.jpg 1535w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-Marie_tissant-scenes-de-la-vie-de-la-Vierge-cathedrale-Notre-Dame-de-Reims-2-debut-XVIe-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-Marie_tissant-scenes-de-la-vie-de-la-Vierge-cathedrale-Notre-Dame-de-Reims-2-debut-XVIe-1310x2048.jpg 1310w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-Marie_tissant-scenes-de-la-vie-de-la-Vierge-cathedrale-Notre-Dame-de-Reims-2-debut-XVIe-768x1201.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-Marie_tissant-scenes-de-la-vie-de-la-Vierge-cathedrale-Notre-Dame-de-Reims-2-debut-XVIe-982x1536.jpg 982w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1535px) 100vw, 1535px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Tapisseries de la vie de la Vierge, d\u00e9but du XVIe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>Cath\u00e9drale Notre-Dame de Reims.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"795\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2183\" data-id=\"2183\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-Cluny-Les-animaux-veillant-le-corps-de-Saint-Etienne.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-Cluny-Les-animaux-veillant-le-corps-de-Saint-Etienne.jpg 616w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-Cluny-Les-animaux-veillant-le-corps-de-Saint-Etienne-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Les animaux veillant le corps de Saint \u00c9tienne, circa 1500.<br \/>Paris, Mus\u00e9e de Cluny.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"963\" height=\"924\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2182\" data-id=\"2182\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-BL-Harley-ms-6149-fol-21r-trait-dheraldique.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-BL-Harley-ms-6149-fol-21r-trait-dheraldique.png 963w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-BL-Harley-ms-6149-fol-21r-trait-dheraldique-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-BL-Harley-ms-6149-fol-21r-trait-dheraldique-768x737.png 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-BL-Harley-ms-6149-fol-21r-trait-dheraldique-313x300.png 313w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">La tr\u00e8s jolie licorne \u00e9quine, avec sabots fendus et bouc, d\u2019un trait\u00e9 d\u2019h\u00e9raldique \u00e9cossais du XVe si\u00e8cle.<br \/> British Library, Harley ms 6194, fol 21r<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1574\" height=\"882\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2185\" data-id=\"2185\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-ONB-Cod-ser-nov-2652-fol-21-Losbuch-vers-1370-detail.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-ONB-Cod-ser-nov-2652-fol-21-Losbuch-vers-1370-detail.jpg 1574w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-ONB-Cod-ser-nov-2652-fol-21-Losbuch-vers-1370-detail-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-ONB-Cod-ser-nov-2652-fol-21-Losbuch-vers-1370-detail-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-ONB-Cod-ser-nov-2652-fol-21-Losbuch-vers-1370-detail-1536x861.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-ONB-Cod-ser-nov-2652-fol-21-Losbuch-vers-1370-detail-500x280.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1574px) 100vw, 1574px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Licorne \u00e0 silhouette \u00e9quine et sabots fendus, en marge d\u2019un livre d\u2019horoscopes, circa 1370.<br \/>\nVienne, \u00d6NB, ms cod ser nov 2652, fol 21\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1745\" height=\"2560\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2188\" data-id=\"2188\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-St.-Gallen-Stiftsbibliothek-Cod.-Sang.-1084-fol-223-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-St.-Gallen-Stiftsbibliothek-Cod.-Sang.-1084-fol-223-scaled.jpg 1745w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-St.-Gallen-Stiftsbibliothek-Cod.-Sang.-1084-fol-223-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-St.-Gallen-Stiftsbibliothek-Cod.-Sang.-1084-fol-223-1396x2048.jpg 1396w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-St.-Gallen-Stiftsbibliothek-Cod.-Sang.-1084-fol-223-768x1127.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-St.-Gallen-Stiftsbibliothek-Cod.-Sang.-1084-fol-223-1047x1536.jpg 1047w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1745px) 100vw, 1745px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Armoiries du Comte de Tengen, sur un armorial bavarois du XVe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nSt Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, ms Cod Sang 1084, fol 223v\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1077\" height=\"1877\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2189\" data-id=\"2189\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-BN-ms-fr-11463-fol-180v-Traite_de_blason_et_recueil_.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-BN-ms-fr-11463-fol-180v-Traite_de_blason_et_recueil_.jpg 1077w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-BN-ms-fr-11463-fol-180v-Traite_de_blason_et_recueil_-172x300.jpg 172w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-BN-ms-fr-11463-fol-180v-Traite_de_blason_et_recueil_-768x1338.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-BN-ms-fr-11463-fol-180v-Traite_de_blason_et_recueil_-881x1536.jpg 881w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1077px) 100vw, 1077px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Licorne h\u00e9raldique \u00ab assise \u00bb \u00e0 la mani\u00e8re d\u2019un cheval sur un armorial fran\u00e7ais du XVIe si\u00e8cle. <br \/>BNF, ms fr 11463, fol 180<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-7239\" data-id=\"7239\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Nicolo-dellAbate-1509-1571-musee-de-Soragna-Italie.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Nicolo-dellAbate-1509-1571-musee-de-Soragna-Italie.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Nicolo-dellAbate-1509-1571-musee-de-Soragna-Italie-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Nicolo-dellAbate-1509-1571-musee-de-Soragna-Italie-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Nicolo-dellAbate-1509-1571-musee-de-Soragna-Italie-500x250.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Fresque de Nicolo dell&#8217;Abate (1509-1571). Mus\u00e9e de Soragna, Italie.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1196\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2186\" data-id=\"2186\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-Rijksmuseum-RP-P-1964-2412.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-Rijksmuseum-RP-P-1964-2412.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-Rijksmuseum-RP-P-1964-2412-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-Rijksmuseum-RP-P-1964-2412-2048x1021.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-Rijksmuseum-RP-P-1964-2412-768x383.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-Rijksmuseum-RP-P-1964-2412-1536x765.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Equine-Rijksmuseum-RP-P-1964-2412-500x249.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Gravure d&#8217;Israel Walraven, XVIIIe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nAmsterdam, Risjksmuseum.<\/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=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mais la question des sabots \u2013 on disait alors des pieds &#8211; de la licorne appela aussi des r\u00e9ponses plus originales. \u00c0 la fin du XIIIe si\u00e8cle, dans le <em>Livre du Tr\u00e9sor<\/em>, Brunetto Latini distingue plusieurs vari\u00e9t\u00e9s d\u2019unicornes, dont le <em>monoc\u00e9ros<\/em> qui a un corps de cheval et donc le sabot massif&nbsp;et l\u2019<em>\u00e9gliss\u00e9ron<\/em> qui est une grande ch\u00e8vre unicorne. Trois si\u00e8cles plus tard, le voyageur Andr\u00e9 Thevet affirme que l\u2019on trouve \u00e0 Madagascar \u00ab&nbsp;deux sortes de b\u00eates unicornes, dont l\u2019une est l\u2019\u00e2ne indique, n\u2019ayant le pied fourch\u00e9, comme ceux qui se trouvent au pays de Perse, l\u2019autre est ce que l\u2019on appelle Oryx ou pied fourchu<a href=\"#_ftn2\">[2]<\/a>&nbsp;\u00bb. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Andres-Ferrer-de-Valdecebro-Govierno-general-moral-i-politico-1696.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3397\" width=\"467\" height=\"688\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Une licorne \u00e0 pattes d&#8217;\u00e9l\u00e9phant dans un trait\u00e9 espagnol du XVIIe si\u00e8cle, qui cite Pline et \u00c9lien.<br \/>Andres Ferres des Valdecebro, <em>Govierno general, moral y politico<\/em>, 1696<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Au XVIIe si\u00e8cle encore, le <em>dictionnaire raisonn\u00e9 des animaux <\/em>pr\u00e9cise que \u00ab&nbsp;Le mot grec Monoc\u00e9ros, et le latin unicornu, sont rendus en fran\u00e7ais par licorne et ces trois mots sont synonymes. Or il y a plusieurs sortes d\u2019animaux terrestres dans l\u2019\u00c9thiopie et les Indes qui n\u2019ont qu\u2019une corne, les uns sur le front, les autres sur le nez, les autres sur la t\u00eate&nbsp;; tels que des taureaux, des chevreaux, des \u00e2nes, des daims, des ch\u00e8vres<a href=\"#_ftn3\">[3]<\/a>\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1462\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Varthema-Die-Ritterlich-vnd-lobwurdig-reisz-Strasbourg-1516-a-2048x1462.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Varthema-Die-Ritterlich-vnd-lobwurdig-reisz-Strasbourg-1516-a-2048x1462.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Varthema-Die-Ritterlich-vnd-lobwurdig-reisz-Strasbourg-1516-a-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Varthema-Die-Ritterlich-vnd-lobwurdig-reisz-Strasbourg-1516-a-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Varthema-Die-Ritterlich-vnd-lobwurdig-reisz-Strasbourg-1516-a-1536x1096.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Varthema-Die-Ritterlich-vnd-lobwurdig-reisz-Strasbourg-1516-a-420x300.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ludovico Varthema, <i>Die Ritterlich vnd lobw\u00fcrdig reisz,<\/i> Strasbourg, 1516.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le voyageur Ludovico Barthema avait propos\u00e9 une curieuse synth\u00e8se. Les deux licornes qu\u2019il aurait vues \u00e0 La Mecque avaient des sabots caprins et fendus aux pattes avant, et des sabots chevalins et massifs aux pattes arri\u00e8re \u2013 du coup, on ne sait pas bien si leur viande \u00e9tait licite. Le premier traducteur fran\u00e7ais a n\u00e9glig\u00e9 ou mal compris ce d\u00e9tail qui appara\u00eet dans le texte latin et dans les autres traductions. Le graveur qui illustra l\u2019\u00e9dition allemande a cependant repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 deux classiques licornes caprines aux quatre sabots fendus.<\/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=\"676\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2177\" data-id=\"2177\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-British-Museum-broche-licorne-676x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-British-Museum-broche-licorne-676x2048.jpg 676w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-British-Museum-broche-licorne-99x300.jpg 99w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-British-Museum-broche-licorne-768x2327.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-British-Museum-broche-licorne-507x1536.jpg 507w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chevre-British-Museum-broche-licorne.jpg 825w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Broche m\u00e9di\u00e9vale en forme de de licorne.<br \/>\nBritish Museum.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1126\" height=\"1300\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3400\" data-id=\"3400\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Geronimo-Cortes-Tratado-de-los-animales-terrestres-y-volatiles-y-sus-propiedades-1672.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Geronimo-Cortes-Tratado-de-los-animales-terrestres-y-volatiles-y-sus-propiedades-1672.jpg 1126w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Geronimo-Cortes-Tratado-de-los-animales-terrestres-y-volatiles-y-sus-propiedades-1672-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Geronimo-Cortes-Tratado-de-los-animales-terrestres-y-volatiles-y-sus-propiedades-1672-768x887.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1126px) 100vw, 1126px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Une licorne a barbiche de bouc mais \u00e0 sabots pleins.<br \/>\nGeronimo Cortes, <i>Tratado de los animales terrestres y volatiles, y sus propiedades<\/i>, 1672<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1438\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-6783\" data-id=\"6783\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Abbeville-ms-15-fol-18v-Livre-dheures-circa-1500-1438x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Abbeville-ms-15-fol-18v-Livre-dheures-circa-1500-1438x2048.jpg 1438w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Abbeville-ms-15-fol-18v-Livre-dheures-circa-1500-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Abbeville-ms-15-fol-18v-Livre-dheures-circa-1500-768x1094.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Abbeville-ms-15-fol-18v-Livre-dheures-circa-1500-1078x1536.jpg 1078w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Abbeville-ms-15-fol-18v-Livre-dheures-circa-1500.jpg 1797w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1438px) 100vw, 1438px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Livre d&#8217;heures, circa 1500. Biblioth\u00e8que d&#8217;Abbeville, ms 15, fol 18v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1378\" height=\"1785\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-7006\" data-id=\"7006\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Einhornuhr-Prediger-Museum-Schwabisch-Gmund-circa-1600.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Einhornuhr-Prediger-Museum-Schwabisch-Gmund-circa-1600.jpg 1378w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Einhornuhr-Prediger-Museum-Schwabisch-Gmund-circa-1600-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Einhornuhr-Prediger-Museum-Schwabisch-Gmund-circa-1600-768x995.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Einhornuhr-Prediger-Museum-Schwabisch-Gmund-circa-1600-1186x1536.jpg 1186w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1378px) 100vw, 1378px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Horloge licorne, circa 1600. Prediger Museum, Schw\u00e4bisch Gm\u00fcnd.<\/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=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Une autre caract\u00e9ristique habituelle de la licorne blasons et des tapisseries est sa singuli\u00e8re barbiche, que ni les sources classiques, ni les trait\u00e9s d\u2019histoire des animaux, ni les r\u00e9cits de voyage, n\u2019ont pourtant jamais mentionn\u00e9. Le seul texte tardo-m\u00e9di\u00e9val dans lequel ce bouc est explicitement pr\u00e9sent est, au d\u00e9but du XVe si\u00e8cle, une chanson de geste tardive, le <em>Guerrino Meschino<\/em> d&#8217;Andrea da Barberino, qui a sans doute emprunt\u00e9 ce d\u00e9tail \u00e0 une tradition iconographique d\u00e9j\u00e0 bien install\u00e9e<a href=\"#_ftn4\">[4]<\/a>. On pourrait voir dans ce bouc un signe de vieille sagesse, ou au contraire un indice de la lubricit\u00e9 de cette amie des damoiselles, mais il n\u2019est sans doute qu\u2019un reste de la tradition du <em>Physiologus<\/em> qui comparait l\u2019animal \u00e0 un chevreau.<\/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=\"2004\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2171\" data-id=\"2171\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-University-ms-Nn.3.74-.fol-214v-harish-2048x2004.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-University-ms-Nn.3.74-.fol-214v-harish-2048x2004.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-University-ms-Nn.3.74-.fol-214v-harish-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-University-ms-Nn.3.74-.fol-214v-harish-768x752.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-University-ms-Nn.3.74-.fol-214v-harish-1536x1503.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-University-ms-Nn.3.74-.fol-214v-harish-307x300.jpg 307w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Les quatre unicornes de ce manuscrit du XVIe si\u00e8cle du <i>Livre des Merveilles<\/i> de Zakariya al-Qazwini ont les sabots fendus des antilopes. Ici, le Harish.<br \/>\nCambridge University, ms Nn 3.74, fol 214v.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1527\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2173\" data-id=\"2173\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-University-ms-Nn.3.74-.fol-217v-shadavar-2048x1527.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-University-ms-Nn.3.74-.fol-217v-shadavar-2048x1527.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-University-ms-Nn.3.74-.fol-217v-shadavar-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-University-ms-Nn.3.74-.fol-217v-shadavar-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-University-ms-Nn.3.74-.fol-217v-shadavar-1536x1145.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-University-ms-Nn.3.74-.fol-217v-shadavar-402x300.jpg 402w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Le shadhavar.<br \/>\nCambridge University, ms Nn 3.74, fol 217v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1614\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2172\" data-id=\"2172\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-University-ms-Nn.3.74-.fol-216v-karkadan-2048x1614.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-University-ms-Nn.3.74-.fol-216v-karkadan-2048x1614.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-University-ms-Nn.3.74-.fol-216v-karkadan-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-University-ms-Nn.3.74-.fol-216v-karkadan-768x605.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-University-ms-Nn.3.74-.fol-216v-karkadan-1536x1210.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-University-ms-Nn.3.74-.fol-216v-karkadan-381x300.jpg 381w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Le karkadan<br \/>\nCambridge University, ms Nn 3.74, fol 216v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1686\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2174\" data-id=\"2174\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-University-ms-Nn.3.74-.fol-220r-rhino-2048x1686.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-University-ms-Nn.3.74-.fol-220r-rhino-2048x1686.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-University-ms-Nn.3.74-.fol-220r-rhino-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-University-ms-Nn.3.74-.fol-220r-rhino-768x632.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-University-ms-Nn.3.74-.fol-220r-rhino-1536x1265.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-University-ms-Nn.3.74-.fol-220r-rhino-364x300.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">M\u00eame le rhinoc\u00e9ros est dessin\u00e9 avec des pattes d&#8217;antilope.<br \/>\nCambridge University, ms Nn 3.74, fol 217v.<\/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 has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#eefef4\">Les licornes contemporaines ont perdu leurs caract\u00e9ristiques caprines et ne sont plus que de beaux chevaux blanc arm\u00e9s d\u2019une corne. Du coup, elles peuvent \u00eatre ferr\u00e9es, ce qui n\u2019est pas le cas des ch\u00e8vres et des boucs. C\u2019est cependant assez difficile, comme on peut le voir dans cette sc\u00e8ne de <em>Nobliaux et Sorci\u00e8res<\/em>, de Terry Pratchett&nbsp;:<br \/><br \/><em>La licorne fit sauter d\u2019une ruade plusieurs pouces de bois de l\u2019encadrement de la porte.<\/em><br \/><em>\u201c Mais du fer\u2026 protesta Jason. Et des clous\u2026<\/em><br \/><em>\u2014 Oui ?<\/em><br \/><em>\u2014 L\u2019fer va la tuer. Si j\u2019y cloue du fer, j\u2019vais la tuer.\u201d<\/em><br \/><em>\u2026<\/em><br \/><em>La foule op\u00e9ra un repli. Les portes s\u2019ouvrirent.<\/em><br \/><em>Sur M\u00e9m\u00e9 qui menait la licorne. L\u2019animal avan\u00e7ait calmement et ses muscles ondoyaient sous son pelage blanc telles des grenouilles dans un bain d\u2019huile. Ses sabots cliquet\u00e8rent sur les pav\u00e9s. Ridculle ne put s\u2019emp\u00eacher de remarquer comme ils brillaient.<\/em><br \/><em>La licorne marcha poliment \u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9 de la sorci\u00e8re jusqu\u2019au centre de la place. Puis la vieille femme la rel\u00e2cha et lui donna une petite claque sur la croupe.<\/em><br \/><em>La b\u00eate hennit doucement, volta et enfila la rue au galop en direction de la for\u00eat\u2026<\/em><br \/><em>Nounou Ogg apparut sans bruit derri\u00e8re M\u00e9m\u00e9 qui la regardait partir.<\/em><br \/><em>\u201c Des fers en argent ? dit-elle tout bas. Ils dureront pas longtemps.<\/em><br \/><em>\u2014 Et des clous en argent. \u00c7a durera le temps qu\u2019il faudra, fit M\u00e9m\u00e9 comme pour elle-m\u00eame. Et l\u2019autre, elle la r\u00e9cup\u00e9rera jamais, m\u00eame si elle l\u2019appelle pendant mille ans.<\/em><br \/><em>\u2014 Ferrer la licorne, dit Nounou en secouant la t\u00eate. Y a que toi pour avoir des id\u00e9es pareilles, Esm\u00e9.<\/em><br \/><em>\u2014 \u00c7a ou peigner la girafe, j\u2019ai l\u2019habitude.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> British Library, Add ms 28260, fol 88v.<br \/><a href=\"#_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a> Andr\u00e9 Th\u00e9vet, <em>Les Singularit\u00e9s de la France antarctique autrement nomm\u00e9e Am\u00e9rique et de<\/em><br \/><em>plusieurs terres et \u00eeles d\u00e9couvertes de notre temps<\/em>, 1577, ch. XXIII<br \/><a href=\"#_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a> Fran\u00e7ois-Alexandre Aubert de la Chesnaye des Bois<em>, Dictionnaire raisonn\u00e9 des animaux<\/em>, Paris, 1759.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2153&amp;action=edit#_ftnref3\">[4]<\/a> Gloria Allaire, <em>Animal descriptions in Andrea da Barebrino&#8217;s Guerrino Meschino<\/em>, in <em>Romance Philology, vol 56, <\/em>2002.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La licorne a-t-elle les larges pieds \u00e0 cinq doigts de l\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9phant, le sabot plein de l\u2019\u00e2ne ou du cheval ou le sabot fendu de la ch\u00e8vre et de l\u2019antilope&nbsp;? 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