{"id":2952,"date":"2021-11-04T04:35:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T04:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/?p=2952"},"modified":"2022-03-14T08:46:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T08:46:56","slug":"ou-peut-on-voir-des-licornes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/2021\/11\/04\/ou-peut-on-voir-des-licornes\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2795 O\u00f9 peut-on voir des licornes ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#e56c3f\"><strong>Les chasseurs de licorne, tant ceux qui travaillaient en biblioth\u00e8que que ceux qui traquaient l\u2019animal sur le terrain, l\u2019ont aper\u00e7u sur tous les continents. Il est donc possible de dresser une carte de son habitat, et m\u00eame de s\u2019int\u00e9resser \u00e0 ses migrations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On&nbsp;distingue, en \u00e9tudiant l\u2019habitat attribu\u00e9 \u00e0 diverses \u00e9poques \u00e0 la licorne, une constante et un mouvement. D\u2019une part, l\u2019unicorne fut toujours associ\u00e9e \u00e0 deux r\u00e9gions, dont la localisation et les fronti\u00e8res sont il est vrai rest\u00e9es longtemps assez floues, l\u2019Inde et l\u2019\u00c9thiopie. Un incunable &nbsp;tout impr\u00e9gn\u00e9 encore de pens\u00e9e m\u00e9di\u00e9vale assure que \u00ab&nbsp;\u00c9thiope est une r\u00e9gion qui est situ\u00e9e vers la partie de midi, o\u00f9 il y a multitude de b\u00eates venimeuses comme serpents, basilics, grands dragons et aspics, et il y a des licornes et de b\u00eates cruelles \u00e0 si grand abondance qu\u2019il semble que ce soient fourmis qui saillent d\u2019une fourmili\u00e8re tant y en a&nbsp;\u00bb. Quelques feuillets plus loin, nous apprenons que \u00ab&nbsp;en Inde sont licornes, \u00e9l\u00e9phants et dragons en grand multitude et que autrefois on. En voit tant en une journ\u00e9e qu\u2019on ne les peut nombrer<a href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a>&nbsp;\u00bb.&nbsp; <\/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=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2973\" data-id=\"2973\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-Secret-de-lhistoire-naturelle-fol-31r-Inde-2048x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-Secret-de-lhistoire-naturelle-fol-31r-Inde-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-Secret-de-lhistoire-naturelle-fol-31r-Inde-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-Secret-de-lhistoire-naturelle-fol-31r-Inde-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-Secret-de-lhistoire-naturelle-fol-31r-Inde-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-Secret-de-lhistoire-naturelle-fol-31r-Inde-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">L&#8217;Inde.<br \/><i>Le Secret de l\u2019histoire naturelle contenant les merveilles et choses m\u00e9morables du monde, XVe si\u00e8cle.<\/i><br \/>\nBNF, ms fr 22971, fol 31r.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1876\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2972\" data-id=\"2972\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-fol-15v-Egypte-2048x1876.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-fol-15v-Egypte-2048x1876.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-fol-15v-Egypte-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-fol-15v-Egypte-768x704.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-fol-15v-Egypte-1536x1407.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-fol-15v-Egypte-327x300.jpg 327w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">L&#8217;\u00c9gypte.<br \/><i>Le Secret de l\u2019histoire naturelle contenant les merveilles et choses m\u00e9morables du monde, XVe si\u00e8cle.<\/i><br \/>\nBNF, ms fr 22971, fol 15v.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1863\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2971\" data-id=\"2971\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-fol-6r-Arabie-2048x1863.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-fol-6r-Arabie-2048x1863.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-fol-6r-Arabie-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-fol-6r-Arabie-768x699.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-fol-6r-Arabie-1536x1397.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-fol-6r-Arabie-330x300.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">L&#8217;Arabie.<br \/><i>Le Secret de l\u2019histoire naturelle contenant les merveilles et choses m\u00e9morables du monde, XVe si\u00e8cle.<\/i><br \/>\nBNF, ms fr 22971, fol 6r.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2014\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2970\" data-id=\"2970\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-fol-20r-Ethiopie--2048x2014.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-fol-20r-Ethiopie--2048x2014.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-fol-20r-Ethiopie--300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-fol-20r-Ethiopie--768x755.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-fol-20r-Ethiopie--1536x1510.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-fol-20r-Ethiopie--305x300.jpg 305w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">L&#8217;\u00c9thiopie.<br \/><i>Le Secret de l\u2019histoire naturelle contenant les merveilles et choses m\u00e9morables du monde, XVe si\u00e8cle.<\/i><br \/>\nBNF, ms fr 22971, fol 20r.\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>Cette premi\u00e8re cosmographie est encore riche de merveilles, fontaines miraculeuses et peuples monstrueux, auxquelles les savants de la Renaissance refuseraient bient\u00f4t de croire, mais la licorne surv\u00e9cut tant aux savants qu\u2019aux dragons. En cela, elle ressemble au griffon dont les aires, faute d\u2019une trop hypoth\u00e9tique Hyperbor\u00e9e, furent rel\u00e9gu\u00e9es dans les montagnes de l\u2019Inde et du Caucase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1676\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/01-Arsenal-ms-662-Res-fol-98V-Epistolier-a-lusage-dAmiens--1676x2048.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/01-Arsenal-ms-662-Res-fol-98V-Epistolier-a-lusage-dAmiens--1676x2048.jpg 1676w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/01-Arsenal-ms-662-Res-fol-98V-Epistolier-a-lusage-dAmiens--246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/01-Arsenal-ms-662-Res-fol-98V-Epistolier-a-lusage-dAmiens--768x938.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/01-Arsenal-ms-662-Res-fol-98V-Epistolier-a-lusage-dAmiens--1257x1536.jpg 1257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1676px) 100vw, 1676px\" \/><figcaption>Sur cette miniature de la fin du XVe si\u00e8cle, la cr\u00e9ation est organis\u00e9e g\u00e9ographiquement. Les animaux d\u2019Occident \u00e9mergent d\u2019un feuillage touffu, ceux d\u2019Orient, \u00e9l\u00e9phant et licorne, d\u2019une for\u00eat plus a\u00e9r\u00e9e. <br \/><span style=\"color:#9e9e9e\" class=\"tadv-color\">Biblioth\u00e8que de l\u2019Arsenal, ms 662 Res <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>L\u2019habitat de la licorne, comme celui des Amazones auxquelles on peut s\u2019\u00e9tonner qu\u2019elle n\u2019ait jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 associ\u00e9e, fut aussi sans cesse repouss\u00e9 aux bornes de l\u2019univers connu, pour en marquer la limite. Quand les c\u00f4tes de l\u2019Afrique furent explor\u00e9es puis colonis\u00e9es, la b\u00eate s\u2019enfuit vers l\u2019int\u00e9rieur des terres. Quand les blancs commenc\u00e8rent \u00e0 manquer sur les cartes de l\u2019Ancien Monde, elle franchit les oc\u00e9ans pour r\u00e9appara\u00eetre sur les terres nouvellement d\u00e9couvertes, ou sur d\u2019\u2019autres qui ne le seraient jamais. Il et donc tentant de dresser une carte de ces voyages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Carte-1400-1720-2048x1280.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Carte-1400-1720-2048x1280.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Carte-1400-1720-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Carte-1400-1720-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Carte-1400-1720-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Carte-1400-1720-480x300.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jusqu\u2019au XVIIe si\u00e8cle, les t\u00e9moignages concernant l\u2019\u00c9thiopie sont les plus fr\u00e9quents, les plus remarqu\u00e9s \u00e9tant ceux de Luigi Barthema et du p\u00e8re J\u00e9r\u00f4me Lobo, mais quelques voyageurs ont aussi pu observer l\u2019animal en Inde. Bien que visiblement de la m\u00eame esp\u00e8ce, les unicornes du nouveau monde sont plus septentrionales, pr\u00e9sentes essentiellement au Canada.<\/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=\"1382\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2976\" data-id=\"2976\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Huntington-Library-Vincente-Maggiolo-detail-2-2048x1382.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Huntington-Library-Vincente-Maggiolo-detail-2-2048x1382.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Huntington-Library-Vincente-Maggiolo-detail-2-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Huntington-Library-Vincente-Maggiolo-detail-2-768x518.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Huntington-Library-Vincente-Maggiolo-detail-2-1536x1037.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Huntington-Library-Vincente-Maggiolo-detail-2-444x300.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Planisph\u00e8re de Vincente Maggiolo, 1516.<br \/>\nSan Marino, Huntington Library.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"905\" height=\"950\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2974\" data-id=\"2974\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Huntington-Library-Vincente-Maggiolo-1516.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Huntington-Library-Vincente-Maggiolo-1516.jpg 905w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Huntington-Library-Vincente-Maggiolo-1516-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Huntington-Library-Vincente-Maggiolo-1516-768x806.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Une licorne, un lion et un dragon en Asie.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1177\" height=\"1125\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2975\" data-id=\"2975\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Huntington-Library-Vincente-Maggiolo-detail-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Huntington-Library-Vincente-Maggiolo-detail-1.jpg 1177w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Huntington-Library-Vincente-Maggiolo-detail-1-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Huntington-Library-Vincente-Maggiolo-detail-1-768x734.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Huntington-Library-Vincente-Maggiolo-detail-1-314x300.jpg 314w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1177px) 100vw, 1177px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Le pr\u00eatre Jean, un lion, un griffon et une licorne en \u00c9thiopie.<\/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 1516, sur un portulan de Vesconte Maggiolo, les c\u00f4tes de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique sont assez bien dessin\u00e9es, mais, faute sans doute de t\u00e9moignage suffisamment solide, le cartographe ne s\u2019est pas encore risqu\u00e9 \u00e0 dessiner les occupants de ce continent encore myst\u00e9rieux. L\u2019Afrique et l\u2019Asie, mieux connues, sont peupl\u00e9es de chameaux, lions, \u00e9l\u00e9phants, licornes et dragons.<\/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=\"2560\" height=\"1800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2962\" data-id=\"2962\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/04-Petrus-Plancius-Orbis-Terrarum-Typus-De-Integro-Multis-In-Locis-Emendatus-1594--scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/04-Petrus-Plancius-Orbis-Terrarum-Typus-De-Integro-Multis-In-Locis-Emendatus-1594--scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/04-Petrus-Plancius-Orbis-Terrarum-Typus-De-Integro-Multis-In-Locis-Emendatus-1594--300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/04-Petrus-Plancius-Orbis-Terrarum-Typus-De-Integro-Multis-In-Locis-Emendatus-1594--2048x1440.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/04-Petrus-Plancius-Orbis-Terrarum-Typus-De-Integro-Multis-In-Locis-Emendatus-1594--768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/04-Petrus-Plancius-Orbis-Terrarum-Typus-De-Integro-Multis-In-Locis-Emendatus-1594--1536x1080.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/04-Petrus-Plancius-Orbis-Terrarum-Typus-De-Integro-Multis-In-Locis-Emendatus-1594--427x300.jpg 427w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Mappemonde de Petrus Plancius, 1594.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1471\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2961\" data-id=\"2961\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/04-Petrus-Plancius-Orbis-Terrarum-Typus-De-Integro-Multis-In-Locis-Emendatus-1594-detail-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/04-Petrus-Plancius-Orbis-Terrarum-Typus-De-Integro-Multis-In-Locis-Emendatus-1594-detail-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/04-Petrus-Plancius-Orbis-Terrarum-Typus-De-Integro-Multis-In-Locis-Emendatus-1594-detail-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/04-Petrus-Plancius-Orbis-Terrarum-Typus-De-Integro-Multis-In-Locis-Emendatus-1594-detail-2048x1177.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/04-Petrus-Plancius-Orbis-Terrarum-Typus-De-Integro-Multis-In-Locis-Emendatus-1594-detail-768x441.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/04-Petrus-Plancius-Orbis-Terrarum-Typus-De-Integro-Multis-In-Locis-Emendatus-1594-detail-1536x883.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/04-Petrus-Plancius-Orbis-Terrarum-Typus-De-Integro-Multis-In-Locis-Emendatus-1594-detail-500x287.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1615\" height=\"2000\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2963\" data-id=\"2963\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/05-Johannes-Degler-frontispoice-de-Heinrich-Scherer-Atlas-Novus-1700-.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/05-Johannes-Degler-frontispoice-de-Heinrich-Scherer-Atlas-Novus-1700-.jpg 1615w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/05-Johannes-Degler-frontispoice-de-Heinrich-Scherer-Atlas-Novus-1700--242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/05-Johannes-Degler-frontispoice-de-Heinrich-Scherer-Atlas-Novus-1700--768x951.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/05-Johannes-Degler-frontispoice-de-Heinrich-Scherer-Atlas-Novus-1700--1240x1536.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1615px) 100vw, 1615px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Licornes de terre et de mer sur cette carte d\u2019Asie, frontispice de l\u2019Atlas Novus de Heinrich Scherer, en 1700. <\/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 mappemonde de Petrus Plancius, en 1594, fut la premi\u00e8re \u00e0 exploiter les quatre coins du cadre rectangulaire pour y montrer les peuples et la faune des diff\u00e9rentes r\u00e9gions du monde, proc\u00e9d\u00e9 qui allait \u00eatre repris par de nombreux cartographes. Les cr\u00e9atures merveilleuses y sont peu nombreuses. En terre australe, baptis\u00e9e <em>Magallanica<\/em>, un petit dragon et un grand oiseau inidentifiable observent une nombreuse troupe d\u2019aborig\u00e8nes chargeant \u00e0 dos d\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9phant. En Asie, un oiseau de paradis, d\u00e9nu\u00e9 de pattes puisqu\u2019il ne se pose jamais \u00e0 terre, survole une sc\u00e8ne de bataille tandis qu\u2019une licorne trempe la pointe de sa corne dans les eaux d\u2019un fleuve.&nbsp; Cette carte fut un consid\u00e9rable succ\u00e8s de librairie, et toutes les grandes biblioth\u00e8ques d\u2019Europe en ont un exemplaire. Quelques-uns sont de simples gravures en noir et blanc, mais la plupart des acheteurs ont opt\u00e9 pour l\u2019\u00e9dition de luxe, colori\u00e9e \u00e0 la main. Comme il \u00e9tait de coutume, les peintres&nbsp; palliaient un peu \u00e0 l\u2019ennui et personnalisaient chaque copie en changeant un peu les couleurs. Crocodile et oiseau de paradis prennent toutes les teintes de l\u2019arc en ciel, rhinoc\u00e9ros, girafe et \u00e9l\u00e9phant passent par diverses nuances de blanc, de beige et de gris, mais les licornes sont, sur la douzaine d\u2019exemplaires que j\u2019ai pu consulter en ligne, invariablement blanches, ou tout au plus gris p\u00e2le.<\/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=\"953\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2959\" data-id=\"2959\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/02-Animalium-quadrupedum-omnis-generis-verae-et-artificiosissimae-delineationes-2048x953.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/02-Animalium-quadrupedum-omnis-generis-verae-et-artificiosissimae-delineationes-2048x953.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/02-Animalium-quadrupedum-omnis-generis-verae-et-artificiosissimae-delineationes-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/02-Animalium-quadrupedum-omnis-generis-verae-et-artificiosissimae-delineationes-768x358.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/02-Animalium-quadrupedum-omnis-generis-verae-et-artificiosissimae-delineationes-1536x715.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/02-Animalium-quadrupedum-omnis-generis-verae-et-artificiosissimae-delineationes-500x233.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Marcus Gheeraerts, <i>Animalium Quadrupedum Omnis Generis Verae et Artificiosissimae Delineationes, <\/i>Amsterdam, 1583.<br \/>\nLes quatre animaux symbolisent ici l\u2019Afrique, l\u2019Am\u00e9rique, l\u2019Europe et l\u2019Asie.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"991\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2960\" data-id=\"2960\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/03-G.J.-Schratzentaller-Allegorie-du-commerce-maritime--2048x991.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/03-G.J.-Schratzentaller-Allegorie-du-commerce-maritime--2048x991.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/03-G.J.-Schratzentaller-Allegorie-du-commerce-maritime--300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/03-G.J.-Schratzentaller-Allegorie-du-commerce-maritime--768x372.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/03-G.J.-Schratzentaller-Allegorie-du-commerce-maritime--1536x743.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/03-G.J.-Schratzentaller-Allegorie-du-commerce-maritime--500x242.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">G.J. Schratzentaller, <i>All\u00e9gorie du commerce maritime<\/i>, XVIIIe si\u00e8cle.\nLes deux animaux exotiques sont une licorne et un crocodile.\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>Il faut des circonstances exceptionnelles, comme un hiver tr\u00e8s dur, pour que des licornes fassent leur apparition en Europe. En Mars 1635, la gazette de Th\u00e9ophraste Renaudot rapporte de Sil\u00e9sie que \u00ab&nbsp;le froid est si grand en ce pays\u2026 que les loups affam\u00e9s courent ici autour \u00e0 vingtaines, ce qui fait qu\u2019on n\u2019ose cheminer qu\u2019en troupes et en armes. Plusieurs assurent aussi avoir vu un animal tel qu\u2019on d\u00e9peint la licorne, dans la grande for\u00eat de Prinkenau<a href=\"#_ftn2\">[2]<\/a>&nbsp;\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1174\" height=\"801\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2981\" data-id=\"2981\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Jost-Amman-animaux-dAfrique-circa-1580-.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Jost-Amman-animaux-dAfrique-circa-1580-.jpg 1174w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Jost-Amman-animaux-dAfrique-circa-1580--300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Jost-Amman-animaux-dAfrique-circa-1580--768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Jost-Amman-animaux-dAfrique-circa-1580--440x300.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1174px) 100vw, 1174px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">De ces deux gravures du hollandais Jost Amman (1532-1591), je ne sais pas bien laquelle montre la faune d&#8217;Afrique et laquelle celle d&#8217;Asie.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1165\" height=\"778\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2980\" data-id=\"2980\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Jost-Amman-animaux-dAsie-circa-1580.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Jost-Amman-animaux-dAsie-circa-1580.jpg 1165w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Jost-Amman-animaux-dAsie-circa-1580-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Jost-Amman-animaux-dAsie-circa-1580-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Jost-Amman-animaux-dAsie-circa-1580-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1165px) 100vw, 1165px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">De ces deux gravures du hollandais Jost Amman (1532-1591), je ne sais pas bien laquelle montre la faune d&#8217;Afrique et laquelle celle d&#8217;Asie.<\/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 licorne, bien s\u00fbr, se rencontre dans les pays imaginaires et souvent parodiques. Le roi Arthur en a ramen\u00e9e une de l&#8217;\u00cele du nain g\u00e9ant dans <em>le Chevalier au Papegau<\/em>, <em>Amadis de Gaule<\/em> en a  vu dans l&#8217;\u00cele Ferme. Dans un passage moqueur de <em>The Obstinate Lady,<\/em> Aston Cockayne, en 1657, d\u00e9crit ainsi le fabuleux royaume des Antipodes :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebe8fb\">I will give you the situation of the country. Some of the ancient geographers, as Heliodorus, Amadis de Gaul and Palmerin d\u2019Oliva, affirm it to lie a thousand Italian miles from Istmos at Corinth; but some modern writers as Don Quixote, Parismus, Montelion and Merlin say it is a peninsula in Arabia Felix, where the Phenix is. But learned Hollingshed affirms, the South indiaes are separated from Armenia by the Calydonian forest, from Asia minor by the Venetian Gulf and from China by a great brick wall. There, instead of cherry-stones, children play with pearls. And, for glass, the windows are of broad diamonds. Hunters have no horns but the unicorns.<\/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=\"1338\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2964\" data-id=\"2964\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/06-Occoo-1338x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/06-Occoo-1338x2048.jpg 1338w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/06-Occoo-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/06-Occoo-768x1176.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/06-Occoo-1004x1536.jpg 1004w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/06-Occoo.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1338px) 100vw, 1338px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">L&#8217;existence de l&#8217;\u00eele d&#8217;Occoo n&#8217;a malheureusement pas \u00e9t\u00e9 confirm\u00e9e.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1555\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2965\" data-id=\"2965\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/07-Richard-Owen-Cambridge-The-Scribleriad-1751-British-Museum-1555x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/07-Richard-Owen-Cambridge-The-Scribleriad-1751-British-Museum-1555x2048.jpg 1555w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/07-Richard-Owen-Cambridge-The-Scribleriad-1751-British-Museum-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/07-Richard-Owen-Cambridge-The-Scribleriad-1751-British-Museum-768x1012.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/07-Richard-Owen-Cambridge-The-Scribleriad-1751-British-Museum-1166x1536.jpg 1166w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/07-Richard-Owen-Cambridge-The-Scribleriad-1751-British-Museum.jpg 1898w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1555px) 100vw, 1555px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>The Scribleriad<\/i>de Richard Owen Cambridge est un r\u00e9cit de voyage parodique, quelque part entre Cervant\u00e8s et Voltaire. On aper\u00e7oit une licorne et une sir\u00e8ne, \u00e0 droite de l&#8217;image.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1330\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2966\" data-id=\"2966\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/08-Obstinate-Lady-1330x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/08-Obstinate-Lady-1330x2048.jpg 1330w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/08-Obstinate-Lady-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/08-Obstinate-Lady-768x1182.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/08-Obstinate-Lady-998x1536.jpg 998w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/08-Obstinate-Lady.jpg 1444w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1330px) 100vw, 1330px\" \/><\/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 Si\u00e8cle des Lumi\u00e8res ne s\u2019int\u00e9resse gu\u00e8re \u00e0 la licorne, et les voyageurs d\u2019alors ont peu vu un animal auquel ils ne croyaient gu\u00e8re, peut-\u00eatre parce qu\u2019ils ne le cherchaient pas. Au XIXe si\u00e8cle, entre romantisme et orientalisme, les rapports redeviennent nombreux, quoique toujours de seconde main. La licorne des Indes s\u2019est r\u00e9fugi\u00e9e sur les contreforts de l\u2019Himalaya&nbsp;; sa cousine africaine, presque \u00e9teinte en Abyssinie, survit au sud du continent, ou du moins dans l\u2019imaginaire des Boers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1260\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Carte-1780-1900-2048x1260.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Carte-1780-1900-2048x1260.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Carte-1780-1900-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Carte-1780-1900-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Carte-1780-1900-1536x945.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Carte-1780-1900-488x300.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ces licornes, qui n\u2019ont plus rien de commun avec le lourdingue rhinoc\u00e9ros, s\u2019apparentent plut\u00f4t \u00e0 la l\u00e9g\u00e8re antilope. En 1863 encore, George Percy Badger, le traducteur anglais des voyages de Luigi Barthema, affirme croire \u00e0 l\u2019existence de la licorne, \u00ab&nbsp;dans les r\u00e9gions inexplor\u00e9es de l\u2019Afrique centrale ou dans les montagnes du Thibet&nbsp;\u00bb. Et lorsque la tr\u00e8s s\u00e9rieuse <em>Revue Britannique<\/em> doit constater, en 1827, que les rumeurs de la pr\u00e9sence de licornes au Tibet sont vraisemblablement infond\u00e9es, elle en conclut que cet animal ne peut habiter que \u00ab&nbsp;dans l\u2019imagination des po\u00e8tes et des romanciers&nbsp;\u00bb ou\u2026 \u00ab&nbsp;dans l\u2019Oc\u00e9anie, dont la zoologie n\u2019est pas encore enti\u00e8rement connue<a href=\"#_ftn3\">[3]<\/a>\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> <em>C\u2019est le secret de l\u2019histoire naturelle, contenant les merveilles et choses m\u00e9morables du monde<\/em>, slnd, ch XVII, fol 19, BNF, R\u00e9s. S 741. Une autre \u00e9dition tout aussi rare se trouve \u00e0 la biblioth\u00e8que de l\u2019Arsenal, 8\u00b0 S 8627.<br \/><a href=\"#_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a> <em>La Gazette, Nouvelles ordinaires du troisiesme mars 1635.<\/em><br \/><a href=\"#_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a> <em>Revue Britannique<\/em>, 1827, t.XIII, p.372.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Les chasseurs de licorne, tant ceux qui travaillaient en biblioth\u00e8que que ceux qui traquaient l\u2019animal sur le terrain, l\u2019ont aper\u00e7u sur tous les continents. Il est donc possible de dresser une carte de son habitat, et m\u00eame de s\u2019int\u00e9resser \u00e0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/2021\/11\/04\/ou-peut-on-voir-des-licornes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-6-les-retours-de-la-licorne"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/04-Petrus-Plancius-Orbis-Terrarum-Typus-De-Integro-Multis-In-Locis-Emendatus-1594--scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2952"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5262,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2952\/revisions\/5262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}