{"id":2781,"date":"2021-10-25T05:16:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T05:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/?p=2781"},"modified":"2026-02-12T22:12:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T22:12:50","slug":"licornes-de-la-lune-et-des-etoiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/2021\/10\/25\/licornes-de-la-lune-et-des-etoiles\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2795 Licornes de la lune et des \u00e9toiles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#e56c3f\"><strong>Faute de trouver des licornes sur notre bonne vieille terre, certains sont all\u00e9s les chercher dans le ciel, o\u00f9 une constellation de la licorne rejoignit, au XVIIe si\u00e8cle, les figures plus connues que sont le Sagittaire ou le Capricorne. Au XIXe si\u00e8cle, c\u2019est sur la lune que l\u2019on a voulu voir des licornes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:calc(1768 \/ 1555)\"><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=\"1768\" height=\"1555\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2783\" data-id=\"2783\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1768 \/ 1555\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-BL-Yates-Thompson-ms-31-fol-48r.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-BL-Yates-Thompson-ms-31-fol-48r.jpg 1768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-BL-Yates-Thompson-ms-31-fol-48r-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-BL-Yates-Thompson-ms-31-fol-48r-768x675.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-BL-Yates-Thompson-ms-31-fol-48r-1536x1351.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-BL-Yates-Thompson-ms-31-fol-48r-341x300.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1768px) 100vw, 1768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Le Capricorne,<br \/>\nMatfre Ermengau, <i>Br\u00e9viaire d\u2019Amour <\/i>en catalan, XIVe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nBritish Library, Yates Thompson ms 31, fol 48r<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1806\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-7439\" data-id=\"7439\" data-aspect-ratio=\"584 \/ 662\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BL-ms-Yates-Thompson-31-fol-48v-2-1806x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BL-ms-Yates-Thompson-31-fol-48v-2-1806x2048.jpg 1806w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BL-ms-Yates-Thompson-31-fol-48v-2-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BL-ms-Yates-Thompson-31-fol-48v-2-768x871.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BL-ms-Yates-Thompson-31-fol-48v-2-1355x1536.jpg 1355w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1806px) 100vw, 1806px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">fol 48v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2009\" height=\"1495\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2784\" data-id=\"2784\" data-aspect-ratio=\"2009 \/ 1495\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-BN-ms-Espagnol-30-fol-2r-Atlas-Catalan-fin-XIVe-.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-BN-ms-Espagnol-30-fol-2r-Atlas-Catalan-fin-XIVe-.jpg 2009w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-BN-ms-Espagnol-30-fol-2r-Atlas-Catalan-fin-XIVe--300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-BN-ms-Espagnol-30-fol-2r-Atlas-Catalan-fin-XIVe--768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-BN-ms-Espagnol-30-fol-2r-Atlas-Catalan-fin-XIVe--1536x1143.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-BN-ms-Espagnol-30-fol-2r-Atlas-Catalan-fin-XIVe--403x300.jpg 403w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2009px) 100vw, 2009px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Le capricorne de l\u2019atlas d\u2019Abraham Cresques, ou Atlas Catalan, circa 1370.<br \/>\nBNF, ms Espagnol 30, fol 2r                    \n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"547\" height=\"503\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-8664\" data-id=\"8664\" data-aspect-ratio=\"547 \/ 503\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Morgan-ms-M-358-fol-12v-livre-dheures-provence-circa-1447.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Morgan-ms-M-358-fol-12v-livre-dheures-provence-circa-1447.jpg 547w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Morgan-ms-M-358-fol-12v-livre-dheures-provence-circa-1447-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Morgan-ms-M-358-fol-12v-livre-dheures-provence-circa-1447-326x300.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Le Capricorne. Livre d&#8217;heures proven\u00e7al, circa 1450. <br \/>Morgan Library, ms m 358, fol 12v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"556\" height=\"538\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3240\" data-id=\"3240\" data-aspect-ratio=\"556 \/ 538\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-latin-924-fol-12v-XVe.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-latin-924-fol-12v-XVe.jpg 556w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-latin-924-fol-12v-XVe-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-latin-924-fol-12v-XVe-310x300.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Un capricorne qui louche sur un livre d\u2019heures du d\u00e9but du XVe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nBNF, ms latin 924, fol 12v.                 \n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1442\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-4106\" data-id=\"4106\" data-aspect-ratio=\"584 \/ 411\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Milan-biblioteca-trivulziana-ms-tric-690-fol-24r-traite-dastronomie-en-italien-1491-2048x1442.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Milan-biblioteca-trivulziana-ms-tric-690-fol-24r-traite-dastronomie-en-italien-1491-2048x1442.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Milan-biblioteca-trivulziana-ms-tric-690-fol-24r-traite-dastronomie-en-italien-1491-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Milan-biblioteca-trivulziana-ms-tric-690-fol-24r-traite-dastronomie-en-italien-1491-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Milan-biblioteca-trivulziana-ms-tric-690-fol-24r-traite-dastronomie-en-italien-1491-1536x1082.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Milan-biblioteca-trivulziana-ms-tric-690-fol-24r-traite-dastronomie-en-italien-1491-426x300.jpg 426w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Trait\u00e9 d&#8217;astronomie italien, 1491.<br \/>\nMilan, Biblioteca Trivulziana, ms triv 690, fol 24r.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1760\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2786\" data-id=\"2786\" data-aspect-ratio=\"584 \/ 502\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-NYPL-ms-49-fol-28v-2048x1760.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-NYPL-ms-49-fol-28v-2048x1760.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-NYPL-ms-49-fol-28v-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-NYPL-ms-49-fol-28v-768x660.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-NYPL-ms-49-fol-28v-1536x1320.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-NYPL-ms-49-fol-28v-349x300.jpg 349w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Pour les astrologues arabes et persans, c&#8217;est plut\u00f4t le B\u00e9lier qui \u00e9tait unicorne.<br \/>\nNew York Public Library, ms 49, fol 28v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"1093\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-7440\" data-id=\"7440\" data-aspect-ratio=\"780 \/ 1093\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Michael-of-Rhodes-recits-de-voyage-Capricorne-1434-collection-privee-2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Michael-of-Rhodes-recits-de-voyage-Capricorne-1434-collection-privee-2.jpg 780w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Michael-of-Rhodes-recits-de-voyage-Capricorne-1434-collection-privee-2-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Michael-of-Rhodes-recits-de-voyage-Capricorne-1434-collection-privee-2-768x1076.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>Le capricorne<\/i> du manuscrit de Michel de Rhodes, 1434. Collection priv\u00e9e.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"1093\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-7442\" data-id=\"7442\" data-aspect-ratio=\"780 \/ 1093\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Michel-de-Rhodes-1434-Astrologie-medicale-collection-privee-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Michel-de-Rhodes-1434-Astrologie-medicale-collection-privee-1.jpg 780w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Michel-de-Rhodes-1434-Astrologie-medicale-collection-privee-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Michel-de-Rhodes-1434-Astrologie-medicale-collection-privee-1-768x1076.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Astrologie m\u00e9dicale dans le manuscrit de Michel de Rhodes, 1434.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Le capricorne, et plus rarement le b\u00e9lier, avaient d\u00e9j\u00e0 parfois, depuis le Moyen \u00c2ge, des allures de licorne. Quelques graveurs de la Renaissance ont repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 la vierge zodiacale accompagn\u00e9e d\u2019une licorne. Ces unicornes n\u2019\u00e9taient cependant l\u00e0 que par accident, et ce n\u2019est qu\u2019au XVIIe si\u00e8cle que la licorne, ou plus pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment le monoceros, prend formellement place sur les cartes du ciel.<\/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=\"1374\" height=\"1809\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2789\" data-id=\"2789\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-Vierge-Livre_d_Arcandam.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-Vierge-Livre_d_Arcandam.jpg 1374w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-Vierge-Livre_d_Arcandam-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-Vierge-Livre_d_Arcandam-768x1011.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-Vierge-Livre_d_Arcandam-1167x1536.jpg 1167w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1374px) 100vw, 1374px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>Le Livre d&#8217;Arcandam, traitant des pr\u00e9dictions astrologiques, des naissances ou fatales dispositions et du jour de la nativit\u00e9 des enfans, <\/i>1584. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"931\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2787\" data-id=\"2787\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-LAcerba-Cecco-dAscoli-1514.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-LAcerba-Cecco-dAscoli-1514.jpg 931w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-LAcerba-Cecco-dAscoli-1514-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-LAcerba-Cecco-dAscoli-1514-768x845.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 931px) 100vw, 931px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Lunicorno, une \u00e9tymologie sugg\u00e9r\u00e9e par quelques textes de la Renaissance italienne.<br \/>\nCecco d\u2019Ascoli, <i>L\u2019Acerba,<\/i> 1514.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1294\" height=\"1819\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5506\" data-id=\"5506\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Lorenzo-Spirito-Libro-del-juego-de-las-suertes-1515-b.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Lorenzo-Spirito-Libro-del-juego-de-las-suertes-1515-b.jpg 1294w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Lorenzo-Spirito-Libro-del-juego-de-las-suertes-1515-b-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Lorenzo-Spirito-Libro-del-juego-de-las-suertes-1515-b-768x1080.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Lorenzo-Spirito-Libro-del-juego-de-las-suertes-1515-b-1093x1536.jpg 1093w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1294px) 100vw, 1294px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Lorenzo Spirito, <i>Libro del Juego de la suertas,<\/i> 1515.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1960\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2788\" data-id=\"2788\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-Libro-del-Juego-de-la-suertas-XVIe.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-Libro-del-Juego-de-la-suertas-XVIe.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-Libro-del-Juego-de-la-suertas-XVIe-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-Libro-del-Juego-de-la-suertas-XVIe-768x753.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-Libro-del-Juego-de-la-suertas-XVIe-1536x1505.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-Libro-del-Juego-de-la-suertas-XVIe-306x300.jpg 306w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1263\" height=\"1817\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5505\" data-id=\"5505\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Lorenzo-Spirito-Libro-del-juego-de-las-suertes-1515-c.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Lorenzo-Spirito-Libro-del-juego-de-las-suertes-1515-c.jpg 1263w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Lorenzo-Spirito-Libro-del-juego-de-las-suertes-1515-c-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Lorenzo-Spirito-Libro-del-juego-de-las-suertes-1515-c-768x1105.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Lorenzo-Spirito-Libro-del-juego-de-las-suertes-1515-c-1068x1536.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1263px) 100vw, 1263px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Lorenzo Spirito, <i>Libro del juego de las suertes, <\/i>, 1515.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1245\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-7443\" data-id=\"7443\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Sinibal-de-Spadacine-Le-miroir-dastrologie-naturelle-1642-1-1-1245x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Sinibal-de-Spadacine-Le-miroir-dastrologie-naturelle-1642-1-1-1245x2048.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Sinibal-de-Spadacine-Le-miroir-dastrologie-naturelle-1642-1-1-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Sinibal-de-Spadacine-Le-miroir-dastrologie-naturelle-1642-1-1-768x1264.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Sinibal-de-Spadacine-Le-miroir-dastrologie-naturelle-1642-1-1-934x1536.jpg 934w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Sinibal-de-Spadacine-Le-miroir-dastrologie-naturelle-1642-1-1.jpg 1556w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1245px) 100vw, 1245px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Sinibal de Spadacine, <i>Le miroir d&#8217;astrologie naturelle<\/i>, 1642.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1909\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-7441\" data-id=\"7441\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Cathedrale-dAugsburg-signe-du-zodiaque-la-Vierge-1721-1-2048x1909.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Cathedrale-dAugsburg-signe-du-zodiaque-la-Vierge-1721-1-2048x1909.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Cathedrale-dAugsburg-signe-du-zodiaque-la-Vierge-1721-1-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Cathedrale-dAugsburg-signe-du-zodiaque-la-Vierge-1721-1-768x716.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Cathedrale-dAugsburg-signe-du-zodiaque-la-Vierge-1721-1-1536x1432.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Cathedrale-dAugsburg-signe-du-zodiaque-la-Vierge-1721-1-322x300.jpg 322w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">La vierge, signe du zodiaque peint sur le plafon de la cath\u00e9drale d&#8217;Augsburg, 1721.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Le cartographe et astronome Petrus Plancius (1552-1622), suite aux observations des navigateurs hollandais, entreprit en effet de compl\u00e9ter la cartographie c\u00e9leste. Il d\u00e9finit et donna des noms bien europ\u00e9ens aux constellations australes, et ajouta en outre aux cartes c\u00e9lestes quelques figures difficilement visibles, faites d\u2019\u00e9toiles lointaines et un peu floues. Certaines ont \u00e9t\u00e9 oubli\u00e9es, d\u2019autres sont rest\u00e9es, comme le Monoceros. Situ\u00e9e juste en dessous de Canis Minor, cette licorne se retrouve, sur bien des atlas, \u00e0 porter sur son dos un petit chien&nbsp;; c\u2019est assez mignon.<\/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=\"1597\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3303\" data-id=\"3303\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Andreas-cellarius-Harmonia-Macrocosmica-sev-atlas-universalis-et-novus-totius-universi-creati-cosmographiam-generalem-et-novam-exhibens-1661-2048x1597.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Andreas-cellarius-Harmonia-Macrocosmica-sev-atlas-universalis-et-novus-totius-universi-creati-cosmographiam-generalem-et-novam-exhibens-1661-2048x1597.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Andreas-cellarius-Harmonia-Macrocosmica-sev-atlas-universalis-et-novus-totius-universi-creati-cosmographiam-generalem-et-novam-exhibens-1661-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Andreas-cellarius-Harmonia-Macrocosmica-sev-atlas-universalis-et-novus-totius-universi-creati-cosmographiam-generalem-et-novam-exhibens-1661-768x599.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Andreas-cellarius-Harmonia-Macrocosmica-sev-atlas-universalis-et-novus-totius-universi-creati-cosmographiam-generalem-et-novam-exhibens-1661-1536x1198.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Andreas-cellarius-Harmonia-Macrocosmica-sev-atlas-universalis-et-novus-totius-universi-creati-cosmographiam-generalem-et-novam-exhibens-1661-385x300.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Andreas Cellarius, <i>Harmonia Macrocosmica sev atlas universalis et novus, totius universi creati cosmographiam generalem, et novam exhibens,<\/i> 1661<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1632\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2790\" data-id=\"2790\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/3-Monoceros-Johannes-Hevelius-Prodromus-Astronomiae-1690-2048x1632.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/3-Monoceros-Johannes-Hevelius-Prodromus-Astronomiae-1690-2048x1632.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/3-Monoceros-Johannes-Hevelius-Prodromus-Astronomiae-1690-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/3-Monoceros-Johannes-Hevelius-Prodromus-Astronomiae-1690-768x612.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/3-Monoceros-Johannes-Hevelius-Prodromus-Astronomiae-1690-1536x1224.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/3-Monoceros-Johannes-Hevelius-Prodromus-Astronomiae-1690-376x300.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Johannes Hevelius, <i>Prodromus Astronomi\u00e6<\/i>, 1690<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1423\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2791\" data-id=\"2791\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/3-Monoceros_Canis_Minor_and_Atelier_Typographique-2048x1423.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/3-Monoceros_Canis_Minor_and_Atelier_Typographique-2048x1423.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/3-Monoceros_Canis_Minor_and_Atelier_Typographique-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/3-Monoceros_Canis_Minor_and_Atelier_Typographique-768x534.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/3-Monoceros_Canis_Minor_and_Atelier_Typographique-1536x1068.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/3-Monoceros_Canis_Minor_and_Atelier_Typographique-432x300.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Jehoshaphat Aspin, <i>A familiar treatise on Astronomy,<\/i> 1825.\nSaviez-vous qu\u2019il y avait une constellation de l\u2019atelier typographique ? <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>En 1908, William Butler Yeats avait le grade de <em>Monoceros de Astris<\/em> dans la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 secr\u00e8te de la Golden Dawn, mettait des licornes et des \u00e9toiles sur ses ex libris, et publia une pi\u00e8ce intitul\u00e9e <em>La Licorne des \u00e9toiles.<\/em> Les seules licornes que l\u2019on y croise, nombreuses et violentes, sont dans les r\u00eaves de puret\u00e9 et de destruction de l\u2019un des personnages, Martin.<\/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=\"1075\" height=\"892\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2800\" data-id=\"2800\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/7-Yeats.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/7-Yeats.jpg 1075w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/7-Yeats-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/7-Yeats-768x637.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/7-Yeats-362x300.jpg 362w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1075px) 100vw, 1075px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Gravure \u00e0 la mani\u00e8re du XVIe si\u00e8cle r\u00e9alis\u00e9e par Edmond Dulac pour A Vision de William Butler Yeats.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"806\" height=\"1130\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2799\" data-id=\"2799\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/7-yeats-3.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/7-yeats-3.jpg 806w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/7-yeats-3-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/7-yeats-3-768x1077.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Ex libris de William Butler Yeats<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1333\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2798\" data-id=\"2798\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/7-yeats-2-1333x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/7-yeats-2-1333x2048.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/7-yeats-2-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/7-yeats-2-768x1180.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/7-yeats-2-1000x1536.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/7-yeats-2.jpg 1636w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1333px) 100vw, 1333px\" \/><\/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>Il n\u2019\u00e9tait de toute fa\u00e7on pas besoin de monter jusqu\u2019aux \u00e9toiles pour trouver des licornes. Les deux voyageurs qui, au XVIIe si\u00e8cle, avaient foul\u00e9 le sol lunaire,&nbsp; Domingo Gonsales<a href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> et Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac<a href=\"#_ftn2\">[2]<\/a>, y avaient observ\u00e9 bien des curiosit\u00e9s, mais nul quadrup\u00e8de unicorne. Deux si\u00e8cles plus tard, les progr\u00e8s de l\u2019imagerie scientifique allaient permettre de les d\u00e9couvrir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le <em>New York Sun, <\/em>un quotidien \u00e0 sensation am\u00e9ricain, publia au mois d\u2019ao\u00fbt 1835 une s\u00e9rie de lettres d\u2019Andrew Grant, secr\u00e9taire de Sir John Herschel, l\u2019un des astronomes les plus connus de l\u2019\u00e9poque. Depuis l\u2019Afrique du Sud, o\u00f9 les savants venaient d\u2019installer le plus puissant t\u00e9lescope jamais construit, il y d\u00e9crivait les merveilles que les derni\u00e8res inventions techniques avaient permis d\u2019observer sur la surface de notre satellite. On y voyait des montagnes de cristal, des fleuves, des lacs, des for\u00eats, et bien \u00e9videmment plusieurs esp\u00e8ces d\u2019oiseaux et de mammif\u00e8res. Des castors marchaient sur leurs pattes arri\u00e8res en portant leurs petits dans les bras, des cerfs blancs \u00e0 corne noire et des licornes galopaient sous les palmiers. La licorne de lune \u00ab&nbsp;est de couleur bleu m\u00e9tallique, de la taille d\u2019une ch\u00e8vre, avec une petite barbichette et une corne l\u00e9g\u00e8rement inclin\u00e9e vers l\u2019avant. Seul le m\u00e2le est arm\u00e9 d\u2019une corne&nbsp;; la femelle n\u2019en a pas mais sa queue est plus longue. Ces animaux vivent en troupeau sur les coteaux escarp\u00e9s en bordure de la for\u00eat. Ces licornes ont l\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9gance et la rapidit\u00e9 de l\u2019antilope, galopant \u00e0 grande vitesse et sautent comme de jeunes agneaux<a href=\"#_ftn3\">[3]<\/a>\u00bb. Ces licornes de lune tenaient, par leur barbichette, de la cr\u00e9ature l\u00e9gendaire, mais aussi, par leur allure d\u2019antilope, de l\u2019animal unicorne que certains cherchaient alors en Afrique ou en Asie. La couleur bleue m\u00e9tallique \u00e9tait une innovation int\u00e9ressante, le d\u00e9tail qui ne s\u2019invente pas. Les cr\u00e9atures s\u00e9l\u00e9nites les plus fantastiques et les plus discut\u00e9es dans la presse \u00e9taient n\u00e9anmoins des hommes de petite taille, dot\u00e9s d\u2019une fine fourrure, d\u2019ailes de chauve-souris et d\u2019une libido d\u00e9bordante et volontiers a\u00e9rienne. Civilis\u00e9s, ils vivaient en communaut\u00e9 hi\u00e9rarchis\u00e9es et b\u00e2tissaient des temples coniques.<\/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=\"1404\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2793\" data-id=\"2793\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/4-Lunar_animals_and_other_objects-2048x1404.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/4-Lunar_animals_and_other_objects-2048x1404.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/4-Lunar_animals_and_other_objects-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/4-Lunar_animals_and_other_objects-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/4-Lunar_animals_and_other_objects-1536x1053.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/4-Lunar_animals_and_other_objects-438x300.jpg 438w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Gravure publi\u00e9e en 1835 dans le New York Sun montrant la faune lunaire. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1430\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2792\" data-id=\"2792\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/4-Lunar_animals_and_other_objects-detail-2048x1430.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/4-Lunar_animals_and_other_objects-detail-2048x1430.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/4-Lunar_animals_and_other_objects-detail-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/4-Lunar_animals_and_other_objects-detail-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/4-Lunar_animals_and_other_objects-detail-1536x1073.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/4-Lunar_animals_and_other_objects-detail-430x300.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ces articles connurent un immense succ\u00e8s populaire, faisant doubler durablement le tirage du <em>New York Sun<\/em>, et ce m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que, en septembre, la r\u00e9daction eut reconnu que tout cela n\u2019\u00e9tait qu\u2019un canular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrew Grant n\u2019existait pas. D\u00e9couvrant ces articles avec plusieurs mois de retard, \u00e0 son retour d\u2019Afrique du Sud, le tout \u00e0 fait r\u00e9el astronome Sir John Herschel prit l\u2019affaire avec un flegme tr\u00e8s britannique mais dut, jusqu\u2019\u00e0 la fin de ses jours, r\u00e9p\u00e9ter r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement lors de ses conf\u00e9rences que, non, il n\u2019avait pas vu de licornes et d\u2019hommes chauve-souris s\u2019\u00e9battre sur la lune. <\/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=\"1170\" height=\"1666\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2794\" data-id=\"2794\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/5-lunar-discoveries-by-signor-herschel-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/5-lunar-discoveries-by-signor-herschel-1.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/5-lunar-discoveries-by-signor-herschel-1-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/5-lunar-discoveries-by-signor-herschel-1-768x1094.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/5-lunar-discoveries-by-signor-herschel-1-1079x1536.jpg 1079w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"1696\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2795\" data-id=\"2795\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/5-lunar-discoveries-by-signor-herschel-3.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/5-lunar-discoveries-by-signor-herschel-3.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/5-lunar-discoveries-by-signor-herschel-3-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/5-lunar-discoveries-by-signor-herschel-3-768x1113.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/5-lunar-discoveries-by-signor-herschel-3-1060x1536.jpg 1060w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Les articles du <em>New York Sun<\/em> signalaient \u00e9galement la pr\u00e9sence sur la lune de petits bisons, sans pr\u00e9ciser qu\u2019ils \u00e9taient unicornes, mais c\u2019est ainsi que les imagina l\u2019artiste italien qui r\u00e9alisa en 1836, apr\u00e8s que le canular avait \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9vent\u00e9, une s\u00e9rie d\u2019illustrations de toutes ces d\u00e9couvertes. Il dessina des licornes non pas bleu acier mais rousses, ainsi que l&#8217;on imaginait alors les antilopes unicornes d&#8217;Afrique du Sud.<\/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=\"1815\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2797\" data-id=\"2797\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/6-A.-de-Ville-dAvray-Voyage-dans-la-lune-avant-1900-1892-b-2048x1815.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/6-A.-de-Ville-dAvray-Voyage-dans-la-lune-avant-1900-1892-b-2048x1815.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/6-A.-de-Ville-dAvray-Voyage-dans-la-lune-avant-1900-1892-b-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/6-A.-de-Ville-dAvray-Voyage-dans-la-lune-avant-1900-1892-b-768x681.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/6-A.-de-Ville-dAvray-Voyage-dans-la-lune-avant-1900-1892-b-1536x1361.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/6-A.-de-Ville-dAvray-Voyage-dans-la-lune-avant-1900-1892-b-339x300.jpg 339w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A. de Ville d&#8217;Avray, <i>Voyage dans la lune avant 1900, <\/i>1892<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1817\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2796\" data-id=\"2796\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/6-A.-de-Ville-dAvray-Voyage-dans-la-lune-avant-1900-1892-a-2048x1817.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/6-A.-de-Ville-dAvray-Voyage-dans-la-lune-avant-1900-1892-a-2048x1817.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/6-A.-de-Ville-dAvray-Voyage-dans-la-lune-avant-1900-1892-a-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/6-A.-de-Ville-dAvray-Voyage-dans-la-lune-avant-1900-1892-a-768x681.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/6-A.-de-Ville-dAvray-Voyage-dans-la-lune-avant-1900-1892-a-1536x1363.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/6-A.-de-Ville-dAvray-Voyage-dans-la-lune-avant-1900-1892-a-338x300.jpg 338w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Les astronautes qui, un si\u00e8cle et demi plus tard, ont pos\u00e9 le pied sur notre satellite n\u2019ont rien vu  &#8211; ou alors on nous cache quelque chose, ou ils n\u2019y sont pas vraiment all\u00e9, ou les deux. D\u2019ailleurs, vous avez s\u00fbrement remarqu\u00e9 qu\u2019il y a trois lunes sur le blason de la Dame \u00e0 la licorne, et que les licornes d\u2019\u00c9thiopie vivaient dans les montagnes de la lune &#8211; qui n\u2019existent pas vraiment non plus, mais c\u2019est une autre histoire.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/8-veilleuse-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2801\" style=\"width:438px;height:442px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/8-veilleuse-.jpg 700w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/8-veilleuse--300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/8-veilleuse--150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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> Francis Godwin, <em>The Man in the Moone<\/em>, 1638.<br \/><a href=\"#_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a> Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac, <em>Histoire comique des \u00e9tats et empires de la lune<\/em>, 1657.<br \/><a href=\"#_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a> <em>The New York Sun<\/em>, 26 ao\u00fbt 1835.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faute de trouver des licornes sur notre bonne vieille terre, certains sont all\u00e9s les chercher dans le ciel, o\u00f9 une constellation de la licorne rejoignit, au XVIIe si\u00e8cle, les figures plus connues que sont le Sagittaire ou le Capricorne. 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