{"id":2754,"date":"2021-09-06T08:55:28","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T08:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/?p=2754"},"modified":"2026-03-04T16:48:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T16:48:21","slug":"post-coitum-animal-triste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/2021\/09\/06\/post-coitum-animal-triste\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2795 Post coitum animal triste"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#247e38\"><strong>Irr\u00e9sistiblement attir\u00e9e par les jeunes dames, et arborant une corne unique en plein front, la licorne ne semblait pas destin\u00e9e \u00e0 devenir un symbole de puret\u00e9 et de chastet\u00e9. Elle ne l\u2019a pas toujours \u00e9t\u00e9.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-Trinity-College-ms-B-11-22-fol-11r-2048x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-Trinity-College-ms-B-11-22-fol-11r-2048x512.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-Trinity-College-ms-B-11-22-fol-11r-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-Trinity-College-ms-B-11-22-fol-11r-768x192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-Trinity-College-ms-B-11-22-fol-11r-1536x384.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Cambridge-Trinity-College-ms-B-11-22-fol-11r-500x125.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Livre d\u2019heures, circa 1300.<br \/><span style=\"color:#9e9e9e\" class=\"tadv-color\"> Cambridge, Trinity College, ms B 11 22, fol 11r. <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e9e4e4\">C&#8217;est une b\u00eate f\u00e9lonne \u00e0 merveilles, du tout semblable \u00e0 un beau cheval, except\u00e9 qu&#8217;elle a la t\u00eate comme un cerf, les pieds comme un \u00e9l\u00e9phant, la queue comme un sanglier, et au front une corne aigu\u00eb, noire et longue de six ou sept pieds. Laquelle ordinairement lui pend en bas comme la cr\u00eate d&#8217;un coq d&#8217;Inde<a href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a>. Quand elle veut combattre ou autrement s&#8217;en aider, elle la l\u00e8ve raide et droite. <br \/>Une d&#8217;icelles je vis, accompagn\u00e9e de divers animaux sauvages, avec sa corne \u00e9monder une fontaine. L\u00e0 me dit Panurge que son courtaut ressemblait \u00e0 cette unicorne, non en longueur du tout, mais en vertu et propri\u00e9t\u00e9. Car ainsi comme elle purifiait l&#8217;eau des mares et fontaines d&#8217;ordure ou venin aucun qui y \u00e9tait, et ces animaux divers, en s\u00fbret\u00e9, venaient boire apr\u00e8s elle, ainsi s\u00fbrement on pouvait apr\u00e8s lui farfouiller sans danger de chancre, v\u00e9role, pisse-chaude, poulains gren\u00e9s et tels autres menus suffraiges, car si aucun mal \u00e9tait au trou m\u00e9phitique, il \u00e9mondait tout avec sa corne nerveuse. &#8211; Quand, dit fr\u00e8re Jean, vous serez mari\u00e9, nous ferons l&#8217;essai sur votre femme<br \/><br \/>\u2014 Rabelais, <em>Le Cinqui\u00e8me livre des faicts et dicts h\u00e9ro\u00efques du bon Pantagruel<\/em>, 1552<\/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=\"1212\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2758\" data-id=\"2758\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Harley-ms-3244-fol-38r-XIIIe-2048x1212.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Harley-ms-3244-fol-38r-XIIIe-2048x1212.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Harley-ms-3244-fol-38r-XIIIe-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Harley-ms-3244-fol-38r-XIIIe-768x455.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Harley-ms-3244-fol-38r-XIIIe-1536x909.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Harley-ms-3244-fol-38r-XIIIe-500x296.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Chasse \u00e0 la licorne sur un bestiaire anglais du XIIIe si\u00e8cle. On voit tr\u00e8s bien comment l\u2019animal s\u2019est fait avoir.<br \/>\nBritish Library, Harley ms 3244, fol 38r.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1186\" height=\"1182\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2994\" data-id=\"2994\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/10-BL-Add-ms-29433-fol-12r-livre-dheures-vers-1500.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/10-BL-Add-ms-29433-fol-12r-livre-dheures-vers-1500.jpg 1186w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/10-BL-Add-ms-29433-fol-12r-livre-dheures-vers-1500-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/10-BL-Add-ms-29433-fol-12r-livre-dheures-vers-1500-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/10-BL-Add-ms-29433-fol-12r-livre-dheures-vers-1500-768x765.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/10-BL-Add-ms-29433-fol-12r-livre-dheures-vers-1500-301x300.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1186px) 100vw, 1186px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Livre d&#8217;heures, circa 1500.<br \/>\nBritish Library, Add ms 29433, fol 12r.<\/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>Toute corne est susceptible de symboliser la puissance virile, non seulement de par sa forme, mais \u00e9galement parce que, chez de nombreuses esp\u00e8ces, seul le m\u00e2le porte cornes ou bois&nbsp;; que l&#8217;on pense seulement aux diff\u00e9rents usages, en anglais, de l&#8217;adjectif <em>horny<\/em>. Une corne unique semblerait plus encore se pr\u00eater \u00e0 une telle interpr\u00e9tation, m\u00eame s\u2019il semble bien que les licornes femelles aient \u00e9t\u00e9, selon la plupart des auteurs, arm\u00e9es de m\u00eame mani\u00e8re que les m\u00e2les.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Sabliere-Le-Trehou-photo-J.Y.-Cordier.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Sabliere-Le-Trehou-photo-J.Y.-Cordier.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Sabliere-Le-Trehou-photo-J.Y.-Cordier-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Sabliere-Le-Trehou-photo-J.Y.-Cordier-768x288.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Sabliere-Le-Trehou-photo-J.Y.-Cordier-500x188.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sabli\u00e8re de l\u2019\u00e9glise de Le Tr\u00e9hou, circa 1600.<br \/><span style=\"color:#9e9e9e\" class=\"tadv-color\">Photo Jean-Yves Cordier<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rabelais, dont je parle plus en d\u00e9tail dans mon livre car ce passage n&#8217;est pas le seul \u00e0 mettre en sc\u00e8ne la licorne, fut peut-\u00eatre le plus direct, mais il ne fut ni le premier, ni le dernier \u00e0 exploiter la dimension \u00e9rotique latente de la licorne et de sa corne, d\u2019ailleurs plus \u00e9vidente dans la sc\u00e8ne de sa capture avec l\u2019aide d\u2019une jeune vierge que dans celle de la purification des eaux. D\u00e8s le Moyen \u00c2ge, les enlumineurs avaient gliss\u00e9 dans leurs miniatures des clins d&#8217;\u0153il d&#8217;une subtilit\u00e9 tr\u00e8s variable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:calc(584 \/ 726)\"><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=\"1648\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2779\" data-id=\"2779\" data-aspect-ratio=\"584 \/ 726\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Nice-horn-The-Maastricht-Hours-Liege-14th-century-BL-Stowe-17-fol.-90v-1-1648x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Nice-horn-The-Maastricht-Hours-Liege-14th-century-BL-Stowe-17-fol.-90v-1-1648x2048.jpg 1648w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Nice-horn-The-Maastricht-Hours-Liege-14th-century-BL-Stowe-17-fol.-90v-1-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Nice-horn-The-Maastricht-Hours-Liege-14th-century-BL-Stowe-17-fol.-90v-1-768x955.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Nice-horn-The-Maastricht-Hours-Liege-14th-century-BL-Stowe-17-fol.-90v-1-1236x1536.jpg 1236w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1648px) 100vw, 1648px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Livre d\u2019heures flamand, XIVe si\u00e8cle. <br \/>\nL\u2019enlumineur qui a dessin\u00e9 cette dame \u00e0 la licorne \u00e9tait coutumier des gags et doubles sens, qui sont assez nombreux sur ce manuscrit. Il n\u2019y a donc absolument pas surinterpr\u00e9tation. <br \/>\nBritish Library, ms Stowe 17, fol 90v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1176\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2767\" data-id=\"2767\" data-aspect-ratio=\"768 \/ 1176\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Walters-ms-755-fol-23r-Francesco_Petrarca_-_Leaf_from_I_Trifoni_-_Walters_W75523R_-_Open_Obverse.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Walters-ms-755-fol-23r-Francesco_Petrarca_-_Leaf_from_I_Trifoni_-_Walters_W75523R_-_Open_Obverse.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Walters-ms-755-fol-23r-Francesco_Petrarca_-_Leaf_from_I_Trifoni_-_Walters_W75523R_-_Open_Obverse-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Manuscrit enlumin\u00e9 des <i>Triomphes<\/i> de P\u00e9trarque, circa 1500.<br \/>\nBaltimore, Walters Museum, ms 755, fol 23r.Walters Museum, <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1211\" height=\"1708\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3709\" data-id=\"3709\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1211 \/ 1708\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Book_of_Hours_of_Simon_de_Varie_-_KB_74_G37a_-_folio_006v.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Book_of_Hours_of_Simon_de_Varie_-_KB_74_G37a_-_folio_006v.jpg 1211w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Book_of_Hours_of_Simon_de_Varie_-_KB_74_G37a_-_folio_006v-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Book_of_Hours_of_Simon_de_Varie_-_KB_74_G37a_-_folio_006v-768x1083.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Book_of_Hours_of_Simon_de_Varie_-_KB_74_G37a_-_folio_006v-1089x1536.jpg 1089w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1211px) 100vw, 1211px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Bien s\u00fbr, si la corne de la licorne peut \u00eatre un peu obsc\u00e8ne, celle d&#8217;un diable unicorne l&#8217;est encore plus.<br \/>\nLivre d&#8217;heures de Simon de Varie, circa 1455.<br \/>\nLa Haye, Biblioth\u00e8que royale, ms 74 G 37A, fol 6v. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1150\" height=\"1142\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-8856\" data-id=\"8856\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1150 \/ 1142\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Tours-ms-diocese-8-fol-59r-Pontifical-circa-1340.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Tours-ms-diocese-8-fol-59r-Pontifical-circa-1340.jpg 1150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Tours-ms-diocese-8-fol-59r-Pontifical-circa-1340-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Tours-ms-diocese-8-fol-59r-Pontifical-circa-1340-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Tours-ms-diocese-8-fol-59r-Pontifical-circa-1340-768x763.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Tours-ms-diocese-8-fol-59r-Pontifical-circa-1340-302x300.jpg 302w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1150px) 100vw, 1150px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Et ne parlons pas des dragons&#8230;<br \/>Pontifical, XIVe si\u00e8cle. <br \/>Biblioth\u00e8que de Tours, ms Dioc\u00e8se 9, fol 59r.<\/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 me suis d&#8217;ailleurs livr\u00e9 \u00e0 une petite exp\u00e9rience, faisant lire les r\u00e9cits de chasse \u00e0 la licorne \u00e0 des amis qui, n\u2019\u00e9tant pas de culture europ\u00e9enne, ne savaient rien de la symbolique associ\u00e9e \u00e0 la blanche b\u00eate&nbsp;; il ne leur est pas venu \u00e0 l\u2019id\u00e9e que cet animal ait pu devenir un symbole de chastet\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:calc(584 \/ 841)\"><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=\"1423\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2765\" data-id=\"2765\" data-aspect-ratio=\"584 \/ 841\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-1877-fol-65r-Fleur-de-vertu-1423x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-1877-fol-65r-Fleur-de-vertu-1423x2048.jpg 1423w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-1877-fol-65r-Fleur-de-vertu-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-1877-fol-65r-Fleur-de-vertu-768x1106.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-1877-fol-65r-Fleur-de-vertu-1067x1536.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-1877-fol-65r-Fleur-de-vertu-scaled.jpg 1778w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1423px) 100vw, 1423px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Le livre nomm\u00e9 Fleur de vertu, translat\u00e9 d\u2019italien en fran\u00e7ois par Fran\u00e7ois de Rohan, d\u00e9but du XVIe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nBNF, ms fr 1877, fol 65v.            \n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1771\" height=\"1255\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2777\" data-id=\"2777\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1771 \/ 1255\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/BN-ms-fr-1877-fol-65v-Fleur-de-vertu.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/BN-ms-fr-1877-fol-65v-Fleur-de-vertu.jpg 1771w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/BN-ms-fr-1877-fol-65v-Fleur-de-vertu-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/BN-ms-fr-1877-fol-65v-Fleur-de-vertu-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/BN-ms-fr-1877-fol-65v-Fleur-de-vertu-1536x1088.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/BN-ms-fr-1877-fol-65v-Fleur-de-vertu-423x300.jpg 423w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1771px) 100vw, 1771px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">BNF, ms fr 1877, fol 65r.  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1305\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3937\" data-id=\"3937\" data-aspect-ratio=\"584 \/ 372\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Harley-ms-3448-Fior-de-virtu-e-de-costumi-intemperance-2048x1305.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Harley-ms-3448-Fior-de-virtu-e-de-costumi-intemperance-2048x1305.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Harley-ms-3448-Fior-de-virtu-e-de-costumi-intemperance-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Harley-ms-3448-Fior-de-virtu-e-de-costumi-intemperance-768x489.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Harley-ms-3448-Fior-de-virtu-e-de-costumi-intemperance-1536x979.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-Harley-ms-3448-Fior-de-virtu-e-de-costumi-intemperance-471x300.jpg 471w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>Fior di Virtu<\/i>, circa 1300.<br \/>\nBritish Library, Harley ms 3448.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"821\" height=\"1446\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2766\" data-id=\"2766\" data-aspect-ratio=\"821 \/ 1446\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Nuovo-Fior-di-virtu-1594.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Nuovo-Fior-di-virtu-1594.jpg 821w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Nuovo-Fior-di-virtu-1594-170x300.jpg 170w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Nuovo-Fior-di-virtu-1594-768x1353.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 821px) 100vw, 821px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Fior di Virtu, Florence, 1594.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1358\" height=\"960\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2770\" data-id=\"2770\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1358 \/ 960\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Fior-di-Virtu-Historiale-Florence-1491.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Fior-di-Virtu-Historiale-Florence-1491.jpg 1358w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Fior-di-Virtu-Historiale-Florence-1491-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Fior-di-Virtu-Historiale-Florence-1491-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Fior-di-Virtu-Historiale-Florence-1491-424x300.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1358px) 100vw, 1358px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>Fior di Virtu Historiale<\/i>, Florence, 1491<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1169\" height=\"1600\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-8858\" data-id=\"8858\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1169 \/ 1600\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/fiore-di-virtu-XIV-Sienne-bibliotheque-communale-ms-I.II_.7-fol-49r.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/fiore-di-virtu-XIV-Sienne-bibliotheque-communale-ms-I.II_.7-fol-49r.jpg 1169w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/fiore-di-virtu-XIV-Sienne-bibliotheque-communale-ms-I.II_.7-fol-49r-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/fiore-di-virtu-XIV-Sienne-bibliotheque-communale-ms-I.II_.7-fol-49r-768x1051.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/fiore-di-virtu-XIV-Sienne-bibliotheque-communale-ms-I.II_.7-fol-49r-1122x1536.jpg 1122w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1169px) 100vw, 1169px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Fiore di Virtu, XIVe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>Sienne, Biblioth\u00e8que Communale, ms I.II.7, fol 49r.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"717\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-8860\" data-id=\"8860\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1536 \/ 717\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Florence-Banco-Rari-47-fol-25r.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Florence-Banco-Rari-47-fol-25r.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Florence-Banco-Rari-47-fol-25r-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Florence-Banco-Rari-47-fol-25r-768x359.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Florence-Banco-Rari-47-fol-25r-500x233.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Ici, la Dame peigne et caresse doucement la t\u00eate de la licorne, image de l&#8217;intemp\u00e9rance.<br \/>Fior di Virtu, XVe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>Florence, Biblioth\u00e8que Centrale, banco rari 47, fol 25r.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>La <em>Fior di Virtu<\/em> fut l\u2019un des ouvrages les plus populaires de l\u2019Italie de la Renaissance&nbsp;; on en conna\u00eet pas moins d\u2019une cinquantaine d\u2019\u00e9ditions imprim\u00e9es entre 1470 et 1500. Dans ce texte dont les premiers manuscrits datent du d\u00e9but du XIVe si\u00e8cle, trente-cinq vices et vertus sont figur\u00e9s par des animaux. C\u2019est la tourterelle, et non la licorne, qui est image de chastet\u00e9, et le chameau figure de la temp\u00e9rance. La licorne, \u00e0 l\u2019inverse, repr\u00e9sente l\u2019intemp\u00e9rance, comme on peut le lire dans l\u2019une des premi\u00e8res traductions fran\u00e7aises&nbsp;: \u00ab&nbsp;Se peult approprier et ressembler le vice de intemp\u00e9rance \u00e0 la licorne, qui est une beste laquelle prend si grand d\u00e9lectation \u00e0 demourer et estre avecques les filles vierges que quand elle en voit quelqu\u2019une, s\u2019en va \u00e0 elle et sendort en son giron<a href=\"#_ftn1\">[2]<\/a>&nbsp;\u00bb. Elle s\u2019endort, bien s\u00fbr, parce que <em>post coitum animal triste.<\/em><\/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=\"1625\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2760\" data-id=\"2760\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Vinci-Dame-et-licorne-1625x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Vinci-Dame-et-licorne-1625x2048.jpg 1625w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Vinci-Dame-et-licorne-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Vinci-Dame-et-licorne-768x968.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Vinci-Dame-et-licorne-1219x1536.jpg 1219w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Vinci-Dame-et-licorne.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1625px) 100vw, 1625px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Dame et licorne, dessin \u00e0 la plume de L\u00e9onard de Vinci, circa 1480.<br \/>\nOxford, Ashmolean Museum.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1633\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2761\" data-id=\"2761\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Jost-Amman-nymphe-et-licorne-1578-1633x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Jost-Amman-nymphe-et-licorne-1578-1633x2048.jpg 1633w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Jost-Amman-nymphe-et-licorne-1578-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Jost-Amman-nymphe-et-licorne-1578-768x963.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Jost-Amman-nymphe-et-licorne-1578-1224x1536.jpg 1224w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Jost-Amman-nymphe-et-licorne-1578-scaled.jpg 2041w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1633px) 100vw, 1633px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Nymphe et licorne, gravure de Jost Amman, 1578.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"518\" height=\"720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2775\" data-id=\"2775\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Liber-Amicorum.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Liber-Amicorum.jpg 518w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Liber-Amicorum-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Liber Amicorum, XVIIe si\u00e8cle.<\/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>L\u00e9onard de Vinci, qui avait lu la <em>Fior di Virtu, <\/em>note dans ses carnets que \u00ab&nbsp;La licorne, par intemp\u00e9rance et parce qu\u2019elle ne sait pas r\u00e9fr\u00e9ner son go\u00fbt des jouvencelles, oublie sa f\u00e9rocit\u00e9 et sa sauvagerie. Mettant toute crainte de c\u00f4t\u00e9, elle va vers la jeune vierge assise et s\u2019endort sur ses genoux. Ainsi les chasseurs s\u2019emparent d\u2019elle<a href=\"#_ftn2\">[3]<\/a>\u00bb. L\u00e9onard a dessin\u00e9 \u00e0 trois reprises dans ses carnets la dame et la licorne. Sur l\u2019un de ces croquis, la licorne est tenue en laisse, ce qui nous renvoie aussi aux interpr\u00e9tations courtoises.<\/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=\"1805\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2759\" data-id=\"2759\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Francois_Clouet_-Dame-au-bain-1805x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Francois_Clouet_-Dame-au-bain-1805x2048.jpg 1805w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Francois_Clouet_-Dame-au-bain-264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Francois_Clouet_-Dame-au-bain-768x871.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Francois_Clouet_-Dame-au-bain-1354x1536.jpg 1354w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1805px) 100vw, 1805px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Fran\u00e7ois Clouet, <i>La dame au bain<\/i>, 1571. Washington, National Gallery of Art.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1082\" height=\"1363\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2771\" data-id=\"2771\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Francois-Clouet.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Francois-Clouet.jpg 1082w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Francois-Clouet-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Francois-Clouet-768x967.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1082px) 100vw, 1082px\" \/><\/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><em>La Dame au bain,<\/em> tableau de Fran\u00e7ois Clouet peint en 1571, repr\u00e9sente l\u2019une des nombreuses ma\u00eetresses de Henri II, peut-\u00eatre Diane de Poitiers. La licorne y est blanche et discr\u00e8te, tiss\u00e9e sur un dossier de chaise \u00e0 l\u2019arri\u00e8re-plan. Au centre du tableau, on ne voit pourtant qu\u2019elle, et elle n\u2019est certainement pas ici un symbole de chastet\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La m\u00eame id\u00e9e apparait dans une fable italienne de la fin du XVIe si\u00e8cle ou le loup se moque ainsi de la licorne&nbsp;: \u00ab&nbsp;Tu n\u2019as aucun contr\u00f4le sur tes d\u00e9sirs. Alors m\u00eame que la vitesse t\u2019a sauv\u00e9e<a href=\"#_ftn3\">[4]<\/a> de la force des chasseurs, que tu es si loin qu\u2019ils ne te voient m\u00eame plus et n\u2019esp\u00e8rent plus te capturer&nbsp;; tu vois une jeune vierge et le d\u00e9sir charnel te fait te pr\u00e9cipiter dans ses bras et \u00eatre captur\u00e9e, incapable de combattre Oh, faiblesse de l\u2019esprit&nbsp;! Oh, ignorance animale&nbsp;! Oh app\u00e9tits mortels&nbsp;!&nbsp;<a href=\"#_ftn4\">[5]<\/a>\u00bb. <em>Le loup et la <\/em>licorne est une histoire assez innocente, mais quelques autres des contes et fables du napolitain Girolamo Morlini, comme ceux de <em>La femme dont l\u2019amant est sodomis\u00e9 par le mari <\/em>&nbsp;ou de <em>La religieuse et la succube<\/em> le sont moins, m\u00eame en latin, et ont valu \u00e0 son recueil de contes et nouvelles d\u2019\u00eatre mis \u00e0 l\u2019index&nbsp;; la plupart des exemplaires ont fini br\u00fbl\u00e9s, et il n\u2019en reste que trois dans des biblioth\u00e8ques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1434\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Met-Album-de-tournois-et-parades-de-Nuremberg-circa-1650-fol-119-2048x1434.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Met-Album-de-tournois-et-parades-de-Nuremberg-circa-1650-fol-119-2048x1434.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Met-Album-de-tournois-et-parades-de-Nuremberg-circa-1650-fol-119-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Met-Album-de-tournois-et-parades-de-Nuremberg-circa-1650-fol-119-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Met-Album-de-tournois-et-parades-de-Nuremberg-circa-1650-fol-119-1536x1075.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Met-Album-de-tournois-et-parades-de-Nuremberg-circa-1650-fol-119-429x300.jpg 429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Le char de Phyllis et Aristote.<br \/>\n<i>Album de tournois et parades de Nuremberg<\/i>, circa 1650.<br \/>\nMetropolitan Museum, New York\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f2fdd1\">&#8220;I&#8217;m just going to feed Adolphe,&#8221; she said, pointing to a little reticule of buns that hung from her arm. Adolphe was her pet unicorn. &#8220;He is such a dear,&#8221; she continued; &#8220;milk-white all over excepting his black eyes, rose mouth and nostrils, and scarlet John.&#8221;<br \/><br \/>\u2014 Aubrey Beardsley, <em>The Story of Venus and Tannha\u00fcser.<\/em><\/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=\"1134\" height=\"1600\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2773\" data-id=\"2773\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bertram-R-Elliott-illustration-pour-Venus-Tannhauser-1927.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bertram-R-Elliott-illustration-pour-Venus-Tannhauser-1927.jpg 1134w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bertram-R-Elliott-illustration-pour-Venus-Tannhauser-1927-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bertram-R-Elliott-illustration-pour-Venus-Tannhauser-1927-768x1084.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bertram-R-Elliott-illustration-pour-Venus-Tannhauser-1927-1089x1536.jpg 1089w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1134px) 100vw, 1134px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Bertram R Elliott, illustration pour <i>Venus &amp; Tannhauser,<\/i> 1927.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3319\" data-id=\"3319\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/158D266A-4508-432A-B28B-8E351C368F44.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/158D266A-4508-432A-B28B-8E351C368F44.jpeg 2000w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/158D266A-4508-432A-B28B-8E351C368F44-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/158D266A-4508-432A-B28B-8E351C368F44-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/158D266A-4508-432A-B28B-8E351C368F44-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/158D266A-4508-432A-B28B-8E351C368F44-500x281.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Maury, le monstre aux hormones du dessin anim\u00e9 <i>Big Mouth.<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> Dindon.<br \/><a href=\"#_ftnref1\">[2]<\/a> Biblioth\u00e8que Nationale, <em>ms fr 1877<\/em>, fol 65r.<br \/><a href=\"#_ftnref2\">[3]<\/a> L\u00e9onard de Vinci, <em>Carnets<\/em>, \u00e9d. MacCurdy, Gallimard, 1986, t.II, p.460.<br \/><a href=\"#_ftnref3\">[4]<\/a> J\u2019h\u00e9site \u00e0 utiliser le f\u00e9minin, mais bon, grammaticalement, c\u2019est quand m\u00eame une licorne.<br \/><a href=\"#_ftnref4\">[5]<\/a> Girolamo Morlini, <em>Novell\u00e6, Fabul\u00e6, Comedi\u00e6, <\/em>1855, p.200.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irr\u00e9sistiblement attir\u00e9e par les jeunes dames, et arborant une corne unique en plein front, la licorne ne semblait pas destin\u00e9e \u00e0 devenir un symbole de puret\u00e9 et de chastet\u00e9. Elle ne l\u2019a pas toujours \u00e9t\u00e9. 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