{"id":422,"date":"2021-06-04T05:23:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T05:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/?p=422"},"modified":"2026-02-21T11:06:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T11:06:00","slug":"la-licorne-parmi-les-animaux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/2021\/06\/04\/la-licorne-parmi-les-animaux\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2795 La licorne parmi les animaux"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-blue-color has-text-color\"><strong>La licorne \u00e9tait l\u2019une des b\u00eates sauvages vivant dans l\u2019Orient lointain, o\u00f9 elle c\u00f4toyait le lion, l\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9phant, la panth\u00e8re, le griffon. Elle est dans le texte de tous les bestiaires, et dans les illustrations de beaucoup.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1726\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-9140-fol-327-scaled-2048x1726.jpg\" alt=\"Barth\u00e9l\u00e9my l'Anglais\" class=\"wp-image-436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-9140-fol-327-scaled-2048x1726.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-9140-fol-327-scaled-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-9140-fol-327-scaled-768x647.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-9140-fol-327-scaled-1536x1295.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-9140-fol-327-scaled-356x300.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Barth\u00e9l\u00e9my l&#8217;Anglais, Livre des Propri\u00e9t\u00e9s des choses, circa 1410. \nAux animaux bien de chez nous, l\u2019enlumineur \u00c9vrard d\u2019Espinques a ajout\u00e9 quelques cr\u00e9atures exotiques, le lion, le dragon, la licorne. Cette derni\u00e8re est repr\u00e9sent\u00e9e parmi les animaux sauvages, qui sont \u00e0 droite et en arri\u00e8re-plan. \nBNF, ms fr 9140, fol 327r                \n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Si la licorne est devenue une cr\u00e9ature de l\u00e9gendes, c\u2019est \u00e0 tort que nous lui croyons parfois une origine mythologique. Pour les lettr\u00e9s du Moyen \u00c2ge, il existait, quelque part en Orient, un quadrup\u00e8de unicorne, mais ce n&#8217;\u00e9tait que l&#8217;une des nombreuses cr\u00e9atures merveilleuses des contr\u00e9es lointaines qu&#8217;ils n&#8217;avaient jamais eu l&#8217;occasion d&#8217;observer, au m\u00eame titre que le tigre ou la girafe. Lions et gu\u00e9pards assez fr\u00e9quents dans les m\u00e9nageries des puissants, parfois m\u00eame int\u00e9gr\u00e9s aux \u00e9quipages de chasse, \u00e9taient mieux connus&nbsp;; le singe \u00e9tait presque en Europe un animal familier.<\/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=\"1312\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-768\" data-id=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-03-BN-ms-fr-2810-fol-59v-2048x1312.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-03-BN-ms-fr-2810-fol-59v-2048x1312.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-03-BN-ms-fr-2810-fol-59v-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-03-BN-ms-fr-2810-fol-59v-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-03-BN-ms-fr-2810-fol-59v-1536x984.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-03-BN-ms-fr-2810-fol-59v-468x300.jpg 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Les animaux d\u2019Inde &#8211; enluminure du ma\u00eetre de Boucicaut. Le texte ne dit rien de la licorne, ni de la bizarrerie du cheval.<br \/><i> Livre des Merveilles du Monde,<\/i> circa 1410. <br \/>BNF, ms fr 2810, fol 59r<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1593\" height=\"1185\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-782\" data-id=\"782\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-Arnoldus-Montanus.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-Arnoldus-Montanus.jpg 1593w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-Arnoldus-Montanus-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-Arnoldus-Montanus-768x571.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-Arnoldus-Montanus-1536x1143.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-Arnoldus-Montanus-403x300.jpg 403w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1593px) 100vw, 1593px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">La faune d&#8217;Am\u00e9rique du Nord.<br \/> Arnoldus Montanus,<i> De nieuwe en onbekende weereld, <\/i>Amsterdam, 1671. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><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-767\" data-id=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-01-BN-ms-fr-22971-Secret-de-lhistoire-naturelle-fol-31r-2048x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-01-BN-ms-fr-22971-Secret-de-lhistoire-naturelle-fol-31r-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-01-BN-ms-fr-22971-Secret-de-lhistoire-naturelle-fol-31r-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-01-BN-ms-fr-22971-Secret-de-lhistoire-naturelle-fol-31r-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-01-BN-ms-fr-22971-Secret-de-lhistoire-naturelle-fol-31r-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-01-BN-ms-fr-22971-Secret-de-lhistoire-naturelle-fol-31r-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">La faune de l\u2019Inde.<br \/> <i>Le Secret de l\u2019histoire naturelle contenant les merveilles et choses m\u00e9morables du monde,<\/i> XVe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>BNF, ms fr 22971, fol 31r<\/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-766\" data-id=\"766\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Nil-02-BN-fr-22971-fol-20r-Egypte-Livre-des-Merveilles-du-Monde-ou-les-secrets-de-lhistoire-naturelle-Ethiopie--2048x2014.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Nil-02-BN-fr-22971-fol-20r-Egypte-Livre-des-Merveilles-du-Monde-ou-les-secrets-de-lhistoire-naturelle-Ethiopie--2048x2014.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Nil-02-BN-fr-22971-fol-20r-Egypte-Livre-des-Merveilles-du-Monde-ou-les-secrets-de-lhistoire-naturelle-Ethiopie--300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Nil-02-BN-fr-22971-fol-20r-Egypte-Livre-des-Merveilles-du-Monde-ou-les-secrets-de-lhistoire-naturelle-Ethiopie--768x755.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Nil-02-BN-fr-22971-fol-20r-Egypte-Livre-des-Merveilles-du-Monde-ou-les-secrets-de-lhistoire-naturelle-Ethiopie--1536x1510.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Nil-02-BN-fr-22971-fol-20r-Egypte-Livre-des-Merveilles-du-Monde-ou-les-secrets-de-lhistoire-naturelle-Ethiopie--305x300.jpg 305w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">La faune d\u2019\u00c9thiopie.<br \/><i>Le Secret de l\u2019histoire naturelle contenant les merveilles et choses m\u00e9morables du monde,<\/i> XVe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>BNF, ms fr 22971, fol 20r<\/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-771\" data-id=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-fol-15v-Egypte-Livre-des-Merveilles-du-Monde-ou-les-secrets-de-lhistoire-naturelle-2048x1876.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-fol-15v-Egypte-Livre-des-Merveilles-du-Monde-ou-les-secrets-de-lhistoire-naturelle-2048x1876.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-fol-15v-Egypte-Livre-des-Merveilles-du-Monde-ou-les-secrets-de-lhistoire-naturelle-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-fol-15v-Egypte-Livre-des-Merveilles-du-Monde-ou-les-secrets-de-lhistoire-naturelle-768x704.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-fol-15v-Egypte-Livre-des-Merveilles-du-Monde-ou-les-secrets-de-lhistoire-naturelle-1536x1407.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-22971-fol-15v-Egypte-Livre-des-Merveilles-du-Monde-ou-les-secrets-de-lhistoire-naturelle-327x300.jpg 327w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Les animaux d\u2019\u00c9gypte, parmi lesquels des trucs bizarres, et la licorne purifiant les eaux empoisonn\u00e9es.<br \/>BNF, ms fr 22971, fol 6r<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1954\" height=\"1393\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-770\" data-id=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-05-Sebastian-Brant-Esopi-appologi-sive-mythologi-cum-quibusdam-carminum-et-fabularum-additionibus.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-05-Sebastian-Brant-Esopi-appologi-sive-mythologi-cum-quibusdam-carminum-et-fabularum-additionibus.jpg 1954w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-05-Sebastian-Brant-Esopi-appologi-sive-mythologi-cum-quibusdam-carminum-et-fabularum-additionibus-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-05-Sebastian-Brant-Esopi-appologi-sive-mythologi-cum-quibusdam-carminum-et-fabularum-additionibus-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-05-Sebastian-Brant-Esopi-appologi-sive-mythologi-cum-quibusdam-carminum-et-fabularum-additionibus-1536x1095.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-05-Sebastian-Brant-Esopi-appologi-sive-mythologi-cum-quibusdam-carminum-et-fabularum-additionibus-421x300.jpg 421w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1954px) 100vw, 1954px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">La faune d\u2019Inde, o\u00f9 l\u2019on reconna\u00eet, outre la licorne, le f\u00e9roce dent-tyran tricorne, qui ici n\u2019a pas l\u2019air trop m\u00e9chant, et le manticore (ou marticore) \u00e0 trois rang\u00e9es de dents.<br \/>Sebastian Brant, <i>Esopi Apologi sive mythologi cum quibusdam carminum et fabularum additionibus,<\/i> 1501.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f4edd9\">(Dans le livre, vous aurez tous les d\u00e9tails sur les licornes d&#8217;Inde, d&#8217;\u00c9gypte, et d&#8217;\u00c9thiopie, sur celles du jardin d&#8217;Eden qui se situait aussi par l\u00e0 bas, et m\u00eame sur celles, moins connues, d&#8217;Am\u00e9rique du Nord).<\/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=\"578\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-445\" data-id=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/C-Cambridge-Trinity-College-ms-B11-22-fol-28v-2048x578.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/C-Cambridge-Trinity-College-ms-B11-22-fol-28v-2048x578.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/C-Cambridge-Trinity-College-ms-B11-22-fol-28v-300x85.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/C-Cambridge-Trinity-College-ms-B11-22-fol-28v-768x217.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/C-Cambridge-Trinity-College-ms-B11-22-fol-28v-1536x434.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/C-Cambridge-Trinity-College-ms-B11-22-fol-28v-500x141.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">La licorne et d\u2019autres animaux sauvages, en marge d\u2019un livre d\u2019heures. \u00c0 gauche, l\u2019animal tachet\u00e9 est une panth\u00e8re, circa 1300.<br \/>Cambridge, Trinity College, ms B 11 22, fol 28v<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1944\" height=\"687\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-446\" data-id=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/C-Den-Haag-ms-KB-78D40-fol-64r-Missel-1323.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/C-Den-Haag-ms-KB-78D40-fol-64r-Missel-1323.jpg 1944w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/C-Den-Haag-ms-KB-78D40-fol-64r-Missel-1323-300x106.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/C-Den-Haag-ms-KB-78D40-fol-64r-Missel-1323-768x271.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/C-Den-Haag-ms-KB-78D40-fol-64r-Missel-1323-1536x543.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/C-Den-Haag-ms-KB-78D40-fol-64r-Missel-1323-500x177.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1944px) 100vw, 1944px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">La licorne et d\u2019autres animaux sauvages, en marge d\u2019un missel, circa 1300.<br \/>La Haye, Koningklijke Bibliotheek , ms KB 78 D 40, fol 64r<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1763\" height=\"997\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3630\" data-id=\"3630\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-Library-MS-Canon-Ital-38_00005_fol-060v-Acerba.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-Library-MS-Canon-Ital-38_00005_fol-060v-Acerba.jpg 1763w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-Library-MS-Canon-Ital-38_00005_fol-060v-Acerba-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-Library-MS-Canon-Ital-38_00005_fol-060v-Acerba-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-Library-MS-Canon-Ital-38_00005_fol-060v-Acerba-1536x869.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Bodleian-Library-MS-Canon-Ital-38_00005_fol-060v-Acerba-500x283.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1763px) 100vw, 1763px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">La licorne n&#8217;est que l&#8217;un des animaux charm\u00e9s par la bonne odeur de la panth\u00e8re.<br \/>\nCecco d&#8217;Ascoli, <i>L&#8217;Acerba<\/i>, 1456<br \/>.\nBodleian Library, ms Canon Ital 38, fol 60v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Les bestiaires m\u00e9di\u00e9vaux reprennent la liste d\u2019animaux du <em>Physiologus<\/em>, y ajoutant d\u2019autres cr\u00e9atures, de plus en plus nombreuses, voire des pierres ou des plantes. Voici les 38 articles du premier bestiaire en langue vulgaire, celui de Philippe de Thaon, au d\u00e9but du XIIe si\u00e8cle: lion, licorne, panth\u00e8re, dorcon (ch\u00e8vre sauvage), hydre, crocodile, cerf, antilope, fourmi, centaure, castor, hy\u00e8ne, belette, autruche, salamandre, sir\u00e8ne, \u00e9l\u00e9phant, mandragore, vip\u00e8re, sarce, h\u00e9risson, goupil, onagre, singe, baleine, perdrix, aigle, pluvier, ph\u00e9nix, p\u00e9lican, colombe, tourterelle, huppe, ibis, foulque, chouette, aimant, autres pierres.<\/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=\"1522\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-435\" data-id=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/A-Arsenal-ms-3516-fol-205v-Bestiaire-de-Pierre-le-Picard-XIIIe-1522x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/A-Arsenal-ms-3516-fol-205v-Bestiaire-de-Pierre-le-Picard-XIIIe-1522x2048.jpg 1522w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/A-Arsenal-ms-3516-fol-205v-Bestiaire-de-Pierre-le-Picard-XIIIe-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/A-Arsenal-ms-3516-fol-205v-Bestiaire-de-Pierre-le-Picard-XIIIe-768x1034.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/A-Arsenal-ms-3516-fol-205v-Bestiaire-de-Pierre-le-Picard-XIIIe-1141x1536.jpg 1141w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/A-Arsenal-ms-3516-fol-205v-Bestiaire-de-Pierre-le-Picard-XIIIe-scaled.jpg 1902w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1522px) 100vw, 1522px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Licorne, griffon et castor dans un bestiaire du XIIe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nBiblioth\u00e8que de l\u2019Arsenal, ms 3516, fol 205v                   \n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1455\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1618\" data-id=\"1618\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Frankfurt-Universitatbibliothek-ms-Carm-1-fol-78v-Konrad-von-Megenberg-Buch-der-Natur-1455x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Frankfurt-Universitatbibliothek-ms-Carm-1-fol-78v-Konrad-von-Megenberg-Buch-der-Natur-1455x2048.jpg 1455w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Frankfurt-Universitatbibliothek-ms-Carm-1-fol-78v-Konrad-von-Megenberg-Buch-der-Natur-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Frankfurt-Universitatbibliothek-ms-Carm-1-fol-78v-Konrad-von-Megenberg-Buch-der-Natur-768x1081.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Frankfurt-Universitatbibliothek-ms-Carm-1-fol-78v-Konrad-von-Megenberg-Buch-der-Natur-1091x1536.jpg 1091w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Frankfurt-Universitatbibliothek-ms-Carm-1-fol-78v-Konrad-von-Megenberg-Buch-der-Natur-scaled.jpg 1819w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1455px) 100vw, 1455px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Konrad von Megenberg, <i>Das Buch der Natur<\/i>, circa 1440<br \/>\nUniversit\u00e4tbibliothek Frankfurt, ms Carm 1, fol 78v<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1404\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2615\" data-id=\"2615\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-ms-15282-fol-75v-Pentateuque-debut-du-livre-de-lexode-circa-1320--1404x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-ms-15282-fol-75v-Pentateuque-debut-du-livre-de-lexode-circa-1320--1404x2048.jpg 1404w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-ms-15282-fol-75v-Pentateuque-debut-du-livre-de-lexode-circa-1320--206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-ms-15282-fol-75v-Pentateuque-debut-du-livre-de-lexode-circa-1320--768x1120.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-ms-15282-fol-75v-Pentateuque-debut-du-livre-de-lexode-circa-1320--1053x1536.jpg 1053w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BL-ms-15282-fol-75v-Pentateuque-debut-du-livre-de-lexode-circa-1320--scaled.jpg 1755w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1404px) 100vw, 1404px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Au d\u00e9but du livre de l&#8217;Exode sont repr\u00e9sent\u00e9s les animaux vivant en terre Sainte : lion, \u00e9l\u00e9phant, aigle, chameau, bouc, antilope, licorne et griffon. <br \/>Pentateuque, circa 1320.<br \/>\nBritish Library, Add ms 12582, fol 75v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1965\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-883\" data-id=\"883\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/St-Genevieve-1028fol-352v-Barthelemy-lAnglais-Livre-des-proprietes-des-choses-scaled-1965x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/St-Genevieve-1028fol-352v-Barthelemy-lAnglais-Livre-des-proprietes-des-choses-scaled-1965x2048.jpg 1965w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/St-Genevieve-1028fol-352v-Barthelemy-lAnglais-Livre-des-proprietes-des-choses-scaled-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/St-Genevieve-1028fol-352v-Barthelemy-lAnglais-Livre-des-proprietes-des-choses-scaled-768x801.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/St-Genevieve-1028fol-352v-Barthelemy-lAnglais-Livre-des-proprietes-des-choses-scaled-1474x1536.jpg 1474w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1965px) 100vw, 1965px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Quatre animaux nobles, vers 1380,  ouvrent la partie du <i>Livre des propri\u00e9t\u00e9s des choses<\/i> consacr\u00e9e aux &#8220;bestes&#8221;.<br \/>\nBiblioth\u00e8que Sainte-Genevi\u00e8ve, ms 1028, fol 352v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1492\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5748\" data-id=\"5748\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Arsenal-ms-1185-Res-fol-43r-Livre-dheures-circa-1495.-Incipit-de-levangile-selon-Saint-Marc-1492x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Arsenal-ms-1185-Res-fol-43r-Livre-dheures-circa-1495.-Incipit-de-levangile-selon-Saint-Marc-1492x2048.jpg 1492w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Arsenal-ms-1185-Res-fol-43r-Livre-dheures-circa-1495.-Incipit-de-levangile-selon-Saint-Marc-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Arsenal-ms-1185-Res-fol-43r-Livre-dheures-circa-1495.-Incipit-de-levangile-selon-Saint-Marc-768x1054.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Arsenal-ms-1185-Res-fol-43r-Livre-dheures-circa-1495.-Incipit-de-levangile-selon-Saint-Marc-1119x1536.jpg 1119w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Arsenal-ms-1185-Res-fol-43r-Livre-dheures-circa-1495.-Incipit-de-levangile-selon-Saint-Marc.jpg 1590w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1492px) 100vw, 1492px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Incipit de l&#8217;\u00e9vangile selon Saint Marc dans un livre d&#8217;heures de la fin du XVe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nBiblioth\u00e8que de l&#8217;Arsenal, ms 1185 R\u00e9s, fol 43r.<\/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 <em>Liber Subtilitatum de Divinis Creaturis<\/em>, attribu\u00e9 \u00e0 sainte Hildegarde de Bingen, est plus riche, d\u00e9crivant 36 poissons, 72 oiseaux, 45 b\u00eates sauvages et 8 reptiles, sans compter les pierres et plantes. Le <em>Bestiaire rim\u00e9<\/em> de Guillaume le Clerc de Normandie d\u00e9veloppe avec une ampleur et une po\u00e9sie jusque-l\u00e0 inconnues les m\u00e9taphores chr\u00e9tiennes. Dans le <em>Bestiaire d\u2019amour<\/em> de Richard de Fournival, l&#8217;all\u00e9gorie chr\u00e9tienne s&#8217;efface devant la rh\u00e9torique de l&#8217;amour courtois. Souvent \u00e9crits en langue vulgaire, ces trait\u00e9s ne sont pas des ouvrages savants ou religieux, mais ils s&#8217;adressaient \u00e0 un public cultiv\u00e9. Leurs r\u00e9f\u00e9rences antiques ou orientales sont bien \u00e9loign\u00e9es des traditions populaires orales, sur lesquelles nous en savons peu. Les contes de nos campagnes, dont sont issus les garous et autres farfadets, absents de l&#8217;univers des bestiaires, semblent avoir ignor\u00e9 la licorne. Tout au plus devine-t-on quelques liens, t\u00e9nus et peut-\u00eatre r\u00e9cents, entre l&#8217;unicorne des traditions lettr\u00e9es et la blanche biche des contes et chansons populaires.<\/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=\"1280\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-6138\" data-id=\"6138\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Runkelstein_Castle_13-photo-Mattes-Wikimedia-Commons-1-2048x1280.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Runkelstein_Castle_13-photo-Mattes-Wikimedia-Commons-1-2048x1280.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Runkelstein_Castle_13-photo-Mattes-Wikimedia-Commons-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Runkelstein_Castle_13-photo-Mattes-Wikimedia-Commons-1-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Runkelstein_Castle_13-photo-Mattes-Wikimedia-Commons-1-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Runkelstein_Castle_13-photo-Mattes-Wikimedia-Commons-1-480x300.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Fresque du ch\u00e2teau de Runkelstein, Bolzano, circa 1530.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-6136\" data-id=\"6136\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Runkelstein_Castle-Bolzano-circa-1500--1536x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Runkelstein_Castle-Bolzano-circa-1500--1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Runkelstein_Castle-Bolzano-circa-1500--225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Runkelstein_Castle-Bolzano-circa-1500--768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Runkelstein_Castle-Bolzano-circa-1500--1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Runkelstein_Castle-Bolzano-circa-1500-.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/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<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2043\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/C-Bodleian-Library-ms-Douce-134-fol-43v-Le-livre-de-la-vigne-notre-seigneur-2043x2048.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/C-Bodleian-Library-ms-Douce-134-fol-43v-Le-livre-de-la-vigne-notre-seigneur-2043x2048.jpg 2043w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/C-Bodleian-Library-ms-Douce-134-fol-43v-Le-livre-de-la-vigne-notre-seigneur-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/C-Bodleian-Library-ms-Douce-134-fol-43v-Le-livre-de-la-vigne-notre-seigneur-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/C-Bodleian-Library-ms-Douce-134-fol-43v-Le-livre-de-la-vigne-notre-seigneur-768x770.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/C-Bodleian-Library-ms-Douce-134-fol-43v-Le-livre-de-la-vigne-notre-seigneur-1532x1536.jpg 1532w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/C-Bodleian-Library-ms-Douce-134-fol-43v-Le-livre-de-la-vigne-notre-seigneur-299x300.jpg 299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2043px) 100vw, 2043px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Le cinqui\u00e8me des quinze signe de l\u2019Apocalypse : les arbres et les plantes suintent du sang, \u00e0 la consternation des animaux.<br \/><em><span style=\"color:#601600\" class=\"tadv-color\">Et le quint signe si sera <br \/>Plaint de tristece et de dolour <br \/>Ces bestes mues crieront <br \/>Mercie \u00e0 Dieu, leur creatour <br \/>Leur teste en haut leveront <br \/>Molt haurons angoisse et tristours <\/span><\/em><br \/><em>Le Livre de la vigne nostre Seigneur<\/em>, XVe si\u00e8cle. <br \/><span style=\"color:#9e9e9e\" class=\"tadv-color\">Oxford, Bodleian Library, ms Douce 134, fol 43v <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/le-12e-signe-avant-le-jour-du-jugement-XVe-siecle-Getty-museum-ms-101-fol-103v.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/le-12e-signe-avant-le-jour-du-jugement-XVe-siecle-Getty-museum-ms-101-fol-103v.jpg 800w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/le-12e-signe-avant-le-jour-du-jugement-XVe-siecle-Getty-museum-ms-101-fol-103v-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/le-12e-signe-avant-le-jour-du-jugement-XVe-siecle-Getty-museum-ms-101-fol-103v-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Le douzi\u00e8me signe avant le jour du jugement dernier. <br \/><em><span style=\"color:#601600\" class=\"tadv-color\">Le douzi\u00e8me, il n\u2019y aura qui ose le regarder,<br \/>Car on verra dans l\u2019air grandes flammes voler\u00a0;<br \/>On verra les \u00e9toiles du firmament tomber<br \/>Comment tombent les figues qui tombent du figuier.<\/span><\/em><br \/>Vita Christi, fin du XVe si\u00e8cle.<br \/><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#9e9e9e\">Los Angeles, Getty Museum ms 101, fol 103v <\/span><br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>R\u00e9dacteurs et copistes des bestiaires se souciaient peu de savoir \u00e0 quoi ressemblait la b\u00eate unicorne, et, si la tradition enseigne comment la capturer, nul ne s&#8217;est jamais pr\u00e9occup\u00e9 d&#8217;organiser une chasse. Au lecteur, il suffisait de savoir qu\u2019elle \u00e9tait attir\u00e9e par les jeunes vierges. C&#8217;\u00e9tait l\u00e0 sa <em>nature<\/em>, tout \u00e0 la fois sa sp\u00e9cificit\u00e9 et sa raison d&#8217;\u00eatre, et cette nature avait pour fonction premi\u00e8re de permettre une repr\u00e9sentation des myst\u00e8res chr\u00e9tiens. Il en allait de m\u00eame de toutes les cr\u00e9atures du bestiaire m\u00e9di\u00e9val, ce qui explique que, jusqu&#8217;au quatorzi\u00e8me si\u00e8cle, les lettr\u00e9s se soient peu pr\u00e9occup\u00e9s d&#8217;ajouter \u00e0 ce corpus les animaux d&#8217;Europe qu&#8217;ils connaissaient bien, comme le lapin ou le loup, ou d&#8217;en \u00f4ter ceux qu&#8217;ils n&#8217;avaient jamais vus, comme la licorne, le dragon ou le ph\u00e9nix. La question de l&#8217;existence de la licorne ne se posait pas vraiment, et e\u00fbt sans doute \u00e9t\u00e9 jug\u00e9e incongrue.<\/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=\"1008\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-8322\" data-id=\"8322\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Bruce_Horn_Savernake_Horn_close_up-2048x1008.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Bruce_Horn_Savernake_Horn_close_up-2048x1008.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Bruce_Horn_Savernake_Horn_close_up-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Bruce_Horn_Savernake_Horn_close_up-768x378.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Bruce_Horn_Savernake_Horn_close_up-1536x756.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Bruce_Horn_Savernake_Horn_close_up-500x246.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Le cor de Savernake, aujourd&#8217;hui au British Museum. Le cor lui m\u00eame date du XIIe si\u00e8cle, le placage d\u2019argent repr\u00e9sentant des sc\u00e8nes de chasse du XIVe.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1748\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-433\" data-id=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/A-BM-Saverake-Horn-2048x1748.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/A-BM-Saverake-Horn-2048x1748.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/A-BM-Saverake-Horn-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/A-BM-Saverake-Horn-768x655.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/A-BM-Saverake-Horn-1536x1311.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/A-BM-Saverake-Horn-351x300.jpg 351w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1658\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-8320\" data-id=\"8320\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Vase-argent-allemagne-circa-1470-Met-1658x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Vase-argent-allemagne-circa-1470-Met-1658x2048.jpg 1658w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Vase-argent-allemagne-circa-1470-Met-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Vase-argent-allemagne-circa-1470-Met-768x949.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Vase-argent-allemagne-circa-1470-Met-1243x1536.jpg 1243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1658px) 100vw, 1658px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Vase en argent, Allemagne, circa 1470. <br \/>Metropolitan Museum, New York.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1018\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-8319\" data-id=\"8319\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Vase-argent-allemagne-circa-1470-detail-Met-2048x1018.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Vase-argent-allemagne-circa-1470-detail-Met-2048x1018.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Vase-argent-allemagne-circa-1470-detail-Met-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Vase-argent-allemagne-circa-1470-detail-Met-768x382.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Vase-argent-allemagne-circa-1470-detail-Met-1536x764.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Vase-argent-allemagne-circa-1470-detail-Met-500x249.jpg 500w\" 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<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1748\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/A-BM-Saverake-Horn-2048x1748.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/A-BM-Saverake-Horn-2048x1748.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/A-BM-Saverake-Horn-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/A-BM-Saverake-Horn-768x655.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/A-BM-Saverake-Horn-1536x1311.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/A-BM-Saverake-Horn-351x300.jpg 351w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Le cor de Savernake, au British Museum. Le cor lui m\u00eame date du XIIe si\u00e8cle, le placage d&#8217;argent repr\u00e9sentant des sc\u00e8nes de chasse du XIVe..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Le <em>Livre des propri\u00e9t\u00e9s des choses<\/em> du fr\u00e8re franciscain Barth\u00e9l\u00e9my l&#8217;Anglais est consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme la premi\u00e8re encyclop\u00e9die m\u00e9di\u00e9vale. De nouveaux animaux, mieux connus, int\u00e8grent son bestiaire, mais aucun n&#8217;en sort. Sur les nombreux manuscrits, puis sur les premiers livres imprim\u00e9s, une grande image en demi ou pleine page ouvre g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement le XVIIIe livre, <em>des proprietez des bestes. <\/em>La licorne, le lion, le cerf et le cheval sont presque toujours pr\u00e9sents \u00e0 l&#8217;appel. <\/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=\"1417\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-6879\" data-id=\"6879\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/3-BN-ms-fr-216-fol-28l-1417x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/3-BN-ms-fr-216-fol-28l-1417x2048.jpg 1417w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/3-BN-ms-fr-216-fol-28l-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/3-BN-ms-fr-216-fol-28l-768x1110.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/3-BN-ms-fr-216-fol-28l-1063x1536.jpg 1063w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/3-BN-ms-fr-216-fol-28l.jpg 1771w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1417px) 100vw, 1417px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Barth\u00e9l\u00e9my l&#8217;Anglais, <i>Livre des propri\u00e9t\u00e9s des choses <\/i>, circa 1400.<br \/>\nBNF, ms fr 216, fol 283r.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1185\" height=\"1432\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-438\" data-id=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/livre-des-proprietes-des-choses-circa-1400-Fondacion-Lazaro-Gardiano-Madrid.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/livre-des-proprietes-des-choses-circa-1400-Fondacion-Lazaro-Gardiano-Madrid.jpg 1185w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/livre-des-proprietes-des-choses-circa-1400-Fondacion-Lazaro-Gardiano-Madrid-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/livre-des-proprietes-des-choses-circa-1400-Fondacion-Lazaro-Gardiano-Madrid-768x928.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1185px) 100vw, 1185px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Barthe\u0301le\u0301my l&#8217;anglais, <i>Le livre des proprie\u0301te\u0301s des choses,<\/i> circa 1400. <br \/>Fondacion Lazaro Gardiano, Madrid<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1740\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-441\" data-id=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/B-BN-ms-fr-218-fol-325r-2048x1740.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/B-BN-ms-fr-218-fol-325r-2048x1740.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/B-BN-ms-fr-218-fol-325r-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/B-BN-ms-fr-218-fol-325r-768x652.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/B-BN-ms-fr-218-fol-325r-1536x1305.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/B-BN-ms-fr-218-fol-325r-353x300.jpg 353w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Barth\u00e9l\u00e9my l&#8217;Anglais, <i>Le livre des propri\u00e9t\u00e9s des choses,<\/i> 1485. <br \/>BNF, ms fr 218, fol 325r.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1370\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-452\" data-id=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/D-Yale-Center-for-British-Arts-fol-C-2014-4-fol-17v-Helmingham-herbal-and-bestiairy-circa-1500-1370x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/D-Yale-Center-for-British-Arts-fol-C-2014-4-fol-17v-Helmingham-herbal-and-bestiairy-circa-1500-1370x2048.jpg 1370w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/D-Yale-Center-for-British-Arts-fol-C-2014-4-fol-17v-Helmingham-herbal-and-bestiairy-circa-1500-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/D-Yale-Center-for-British-Arts-fol-C-2014-4-fol-17v-Helmingham-herbal-and-bestiairy-circa-1500-768x1148.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/D-Yale-Center-for-British-Arts-fol-C-2014-4-fol-17v-Helmingham-herbal-and-bestiairy-circa-1500-1028x1536.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/D-Yale-Center-for-British-Arts-fol-C-2014-4-fol-17v-Helmingham-herbal-and-bestiairy-circa-1500-scaled.jpg 1713w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1370px) 100vw, 1370px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Kokatrice, Kokodrill, Tyger et Honicorn. <br \/><i>Helmingham herbal and Bestiary,<\/i> circa 1500. <br \/>Yale Center for British Arts, fol C 2014, fol 18v<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1479\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-443\" data-id=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/B-Le-proprietaire-des-choses-tres-utille-et-proffitable-aux-corps-humains-Rouen-1512-1479x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/B-Le-proprietaire-des-choses-tres-utille-et-proffitable-aux-corps-humains-Rouen-1512-1479x2048.jpg 1479w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/B-Le-proprietaire-des-choses-tres-utille-et-proffitable-aux-corps-humains-Rouen-1512-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/B-Le-proprietaire-des-choses-tres-utille-et-proffitable-aux-corps-humains-Rouen-1512-768x1063.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/B-Le-proprietaire-des-choses-tres-utille-et-proffitable-aux-corps-humains-Rouen-1512-1110x1536.jpg 1110w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/B-Le-proprietaire-des-choses-tres-utille-et-proffitable-aux-corps-humains-Rouen-1512.jpg 1556w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1479px) 100vw, 1479px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>Le proprietaire des choses tres utille et proffitable aux corps humains,<\/i> Rouen, 1512<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1723\" height=\"1868\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-439\" data-id=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/B-Bartholomeus-Anglicus-1496.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/B-Bartholomeus-Anglicus-1496.jpg 1723w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/B-Bartholomeus-Anglicus-1496-277x300.jpg 277w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/B-Bartholomeus-Anglicus-1496-768x833.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/B-Bartholomeus-Anglicus-1496-1417x1536.jpg 1417w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1723px) 100vw, 1723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Bartholomeus Anglicus, <i>De proprietatibus rerum, <\/i>1496.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1334\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-437\" data-id=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Livre-des-proprietes-des-choses-1518-scaled-1334x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Livre-des-proprietes-des-choses-1518-scaled-1334x2048.jpg 1334w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Livre-des-proprietes-des-choses-1518-scaled-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Livre-des-proprietes-des-choses-1518-scaled-768x1179.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Livre-des-proprietes-des-choses-1518-scaled-1000x1536.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Livre-des-proprietes-des-choses-1518-scaled.jpg 1667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1334px) 100vw, 1334px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Barth\u00e9l\u00e9my l&#8217;Anglais &amp; Jean Corbechon, <i>Le livre des proprie\u0301te\u0301s des choses,<\/i> 1518<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1957\" height=\"1408\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-465\" data-id=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Le-Grand-proprietaire-de-toutes-choses.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Le-Grand-proprietaire-de-toutes-choses.jpg 1957w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Le-Grand-proprietaire-de-toutes-choses-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Le-Grand-proprietaire-de-toutes-choses-768x553.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Le-Grand-proprietaire-de-toutes-choses-1536x1105.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Le-Grand-proprietaire-de-toutes-choses-1000x719.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Le-Grand-proprietaire-de-toutes-choses-417x300.jpg 417w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1957px) 100vw, 1957px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>Le grand proprietaire de toutes choses,<\/i> 1566<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"952\" height=\"1129\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-442\" data-id=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/B-Cambridge-Fitzwilliam-museum-ms-251-fol-296v-Jean-Corbechon-Livre-des-proprietes-des-choses.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/B-Cambridge-Fitzwilliam-museum-ms-251-fol-296v-Jean-Corbechon-Livre-des-proprietes-des-choses.jpg 952w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/B-Cambridge-Fitzwilliam-museum-ms-251-fol-296v-Jean-Corbechon-Livre-des-proprietes-des-choses-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/B-Cambridge-Fitzwilliam-museum-ms-251-fol-296v-Jean-Corbechon-Livre-des-proprietes-des-choses-768x911.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 952px) 100vw, 952px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Barth\u00e9l\u00e9my l&#8217;Anglais, <i>Le livre des Propri\u00e9t\u00e9s des choses,<\/i> XVe si\u00e8cle. <br \/>La panth\u00e8re est ici le roi des animaux.<br \/>Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, ms 251, fol 296v,      <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1493\" height=\"1389\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-458\" data-id=\"458\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-16993-fol-286v-Livre-des-proprietes-des-choses.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-16993-fol-286v-Livre-des-proprietes-des-choses.jpg 1493w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-16993-fol-286v-Livre-des-proprietes-des-choses-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-16993-fol-286v-Livre-des-proprietes-des-choses-768x715.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-ms-fr-16993-fol-286v-Livre-des-proprietes-des-choses-322x300.jpg 322w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1493px) 100vw, 1493px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Barth\u00e9l\u00e9my l&#8217;Anglais, <i>Le livre des propri\u00e9t\u00e9s des choses,<\/i> circa 1400. <br \/>BNF, ms fr 16993, fol 286v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1904\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-769\" data-id=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Lion-et-licorne-01-BN-ms-22531-fol-324-Barthelemy-lAnglais-1904x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Lion-et-licorne-01-BN-ms-22531-fol-324-Barthelemy-lAnglais-1904x2048.jpg 1904w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Lion-et-licorne-01-BN-ms-22531-fol-324-Barthelemy-lAnglais-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Lion-et-licorne-01-BN-ms-22531-fol-324-Barthelemy-lAnglais-768x826.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Lion-et-licorne-01-BN-ms-22531-fol-324-Barthelemy-lAnglais-1428x1536.jpg 1428w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Lion-et-licorne-01-BN-ms-22531-fol-324-Barthelemy-lAnglais.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1904px) 100vw, 1904px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>Ci commence le livre des propri\u00e9t\u00e9s qui traite des choses sensibles, et par especial de celles dont l\u2019escriture fait mention\u2026 <\/i>Miniature du <i>Livre des propri\u00e9t\u00e9s des choses <\/i>de Barth\u00e9l\u00e9my l&#8217;Anglais, circa 1420.<br \/> BNF, ms 22531, fol 324<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1610\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-440\" data-id=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/B-BL-Royal-ms-15-e-III-fol-200-scaled-1610x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/B-BL-Royal-ms-15-e-III-fol-200-scaled-1610x2048.jpg 1610w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/B-BL-Royal-ms-15-e-III-fol-200-scaled-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/B-BL-Royal-ms-15-e-III-fol-200-scaled-768x977.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/B-BL-Royal-ms-15-e-III-fol-200-scaled-1207x1536.jpg 1207w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/B-BL-Royal-ms-15-e-III-fol-200-scaled.jpg 2012w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1610px) 100vw, 1610px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Barthelemy lAnglais, <i>Le livre des proprietes des choses<\/i>, circa 1482<br \/>Royal ms 15 e III, fol 200.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-small-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#edecec\">La avoit mainte beste fiere,<br \/>Lyons, liepars et autres bestes,<br \/>Faisans par le bois grans tempestes.<br \/>De sangl\u00e9s et de pors sauvages<br \/>Retentissoit tous li boscages ;<br \/>Ours y avoit et unicornes,<br \/>Et autres bestes qui ont cornes,<br \/>Cerfs, dains, chevriaus, sauvages bous,<br \/>Qui d&#8217;arbrissiaus broustent les brous,<br \/>Aveques les sauvages chievres.<br \/><br \/>Nicole de Margival, <em>Le dit de la panth\u00e8re d&#8217;amours, <\/em>fin du XIIIe si\u00e8cle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-small-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#d9ecf4\">De bestes crueuses et fieres,<br \/>Dragons, serpens, escorpions,<br \/>De toutes g\u00e9n\u00e9rations,<br \/>Buglos<a href=\"#_ftn1\"><strong>,<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"#_ftn1\"><\/a> chameus, tygres, panth\u00e8res,<br \/>De tous genres, p\u00e8res et m\u00e8res,<br \/>Olifans, liepars et liepardes,<br \/>Ourses, lions, renars et renardes,<br \/>Loiemiers, grans alans d&#8217;Espaingne,<br \/>Et pluseurs matins d&#8217;Alemagne,<br \/>Castors, aspis et unicornes,<br \/>Et une autre beste a deus cornes,<br \/>Trop diverse et trop p\u00e9rilleuse,<br \/>Trop estrange et trop venimeuse\u2026<br \/>Son nom ne saroie nommer.<br \/>Je croy qu&#8217;elle vint d&#8217;outre mer,<br \/>Si vorroie bien qu&#8217;elle y fust<br \/>Et que retourner n&#8217;en peust.<br \/><br \/>\u2014&nbsp;Guillaume de Machaut, <em>Le dit du lion, <\/em>1342<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-small-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#d9f7e4\">Je treuve en une fiction<br \/>Que sire Noble le lion<br \/>Fut Jadis si sires des bestes,<br \/>Que en tous cas les trouvoit prestes<br \/>De faire son commandement,<br \/>Et vivoit on si largement<br \/>A sa court de son vray demaine,<br \/>Que tousjours la trouvissiez plaine<br \/>D&#8217;alans, de cerfs, de l\u00e9vriers,<br \/>De chevaulx et de bons coursiers,<br \/>De panth\u00e8res et d&#8217;unicornes<br \/>De sangliers, si que leurs cornes<br \/>N&#8217;osassent lever a ce temps<br \/>Ne faire noise ne contens.<br \/>Brebis, vaches, moutons ne tors,<br \/>Chievres ne beufs, asnes ne pors,<br \/>Loups ne renars ne li tessons <em>(blaireaux),<\/em><br \/>Li\u00e8vres, connins<em> (lapins)<\/em> ne h\u00e9rissons<br \/>Ne nulle autre commune beste<br \/>N&#8217;eust os\u00e9 lever la teste<br \/>Contre le dict du souverain,<br \/><br \/>\u2014 Eustache Deschamps, <em>Trait\u00e9 du mauvais gouvernement de ce royaume<\/em>\u2026,1395<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1649\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Reims-ms-993-fol-254v-Barthelemy-lAnglais-XIVe-2048x1649.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Reims-ms-993-fol-254v-Barthelemy-lAnglais-XIVe-2048x1649.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Reims-ms-993-fol-254v-Barthelemy-lAnglais-XIVe-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Reims-ms-993-fol-254v-Barthelemy-lAnglais-XIVe-768x619.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Reims-ms-993-fol-254v-Barthelemy-lAnglais-XIVe-1536x1237.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Reims-ms-993-fol-254v-Barthelemy-lAnglais-XIVe-372x300.jpg 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Barth\u00e9l\u00e9my l&#8217;Anglais, Le livre des propri\u00e9t\u00e9s des choses, XIVe si\u00e8cle.<br \/> Outre la licorne, remarquez le dragon et la sir\u00e8ne.<br \/>\nBiblioth\u00e8que municipale de Reims, ms 993, fol 254v.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c0 la Renaissance, les \u00e9rudits font un premier tri dans le bestiaire m\u00e9di\u00e9val, s\u2019interrogent sur la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 des animaux, terme qui remplace celui de b\u00eates, et leurs caract\u00e9ristiques physiques. Leur caract\u00e8re merveilleux, c\u2019est-\u00e0-dire leur non-conformit\u00e9 aux mod\u00e8les animaux habituels, entra\u00eene l\u2019\u00e9limination du centaure et du griffon hybride, des humains d\u00e9form\u00e9s blemmyes et monopodes, des harpies cauchemardesques et de l\u2019unique et flamboyant Ph\u00e9nix. Les satyres furent parfois assimil\u00e9s aux singes, les sir\u00e8nes \u00e0 des c\u00e9tac\u00e9s, lamantins ou autres. Le dragon et son petit cousin le basilisc, qui n\u2019\u00e9taient apr\u00e8s tout que des l\u00e9zards ail\u00e9s, r\u00e9sist\u00e8rent quelques temps, et la licorne un peu plus longtemps encore. Si l\u2019on renon\u00e7ait au triste conte rapportant sa capture par une vierge tra\u00eetresse, et on l\u2019abandonna comme on abandonnait l\u00e9gendes de l\u2019ours qui l\u00e8che ses petits pour leur donner forme ou du p\u00e9lican qui nourrit ses oisillons de son sang, elle n\u2019avait plus rien d\u2019extraordinaire, except\u00e9 que ceux qui en parlaient ne l\u2019avaient jamais vue. Nul, en Europe du moins, n\u2019avait non plus jamais vu de girafe ou d\u2019autruche.<\/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=\"1467\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-450\" data-id=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/D-Giovanni-Andrea-Vavassore-Opera-Nova-Universali-intitulata-Corona-di-racammi-1530-p.11--1467x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/D-Giovanni-Andrea-Vavassore-Opera-Nova-Universali-intitulata-Corona-di-racammi-1530-p.11--1467x2048.jpg 1467w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/D-Giovanni-Andrea-Vavassore-Opera-Nova-Universali-intitulata-Corona-di-racammi-1530-p.11--215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/D-Giovanni-Andrea-Vavassore-Opera-Nova-Universali-intitulata-Corona-di-racammi-1530-p.11--768x1072.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/D-Giovanni-Andrea-Vavassore-Opera-Nova-Universali-intitulata-Corona-di-racammi-1530-p.11--1100x1536.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/D-Giovanni-Andrea-Vavassore-Opera-Nova-Universali-intitulata-Corona-di-racammi-1530-p.11--scaled.jpg 1834w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1467px) 100vw, 1467px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Giovanni Andrea Avassore, <i>Coronna di Racami,<\/i> 1530.<br \/>New York, Metropolitan Museum, 32.54.1(22)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1647\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-449\" data-id=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/D-Christian-Egelnoff-Animantium-terrestrium-volatilium-et-aquatilium-effigies-1562-1647x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/D-Christian-Egelnoff-Animantium-terrestrium-volatilium-et-aquatilium-effigies-1562-1647x2048.jpg 1647w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/D-Christian-Egelnoff-Animantium-terrestrium-volatilium-et-aquatilium-effigies-1562-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/D-Christian-Egelnoff-Animantium-terrestrium-volatilium-et-aquatilium-effigies-1562-768x955.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/D-Christian-Egelnoff-Animantium-terrestrium-volatilium-et-aquatilium-effigies-1562-1236x1536.jpg 1236w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/D-Christian-Egelnoff-Animantium-terrestrium-volatilium-et-aquatilium-effigies-1562.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1647px) 100vw, 1647px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Christian Egelnoff, <i>Animantium terrestrium, volatilium, et aquatilium effigies <\/i>, 1562<br \/>Au-dessus du dessin de la licorne, un lecteur a pr\u00e9cis\u00e9 \u00e0 la plume <i>\u00ab il aime se reposer dans le giron d\u2019une vierge \u00bb<\/i>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1400\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-779\" data-id=\"779\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/A-book-of-four-footed-bests-circa-1670-2048x1400.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/A-book-of-four-footed-bests-circa-1670-2048x1400.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/A-book-of-four-footed-bests-circa-1670-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/A-book-of-four-footed-bests-circa-1670-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/A-book-of-four-footed-bests-circa-1670-1536x1050.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/A-book-of-four-footed-bests-circa-1670-439x300.jpg 439w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>A Book of Four Footed Beasts,<\/i> circa 1670<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1127\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-455\" data-id=\"455\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/E-Porcelaine-de-delft-fin-XVIe-Cleveland-Art-Museum-x12.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/E-Porcelaine-de-delft-fin-XVIe-Cleveland-Art-Museum-x12.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/E-Porcelaine-de-delft-fin-XVIe-Cleveland-Art-Museum-x12-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/E-Porcelaine-de-delft-fin-XVIe-Cleveland-Art-Museum-x12-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/E-Porcelaine-de-delft-fin-XVIe-Cleveland-Art-Museum-x12-399x300.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Carreaux de porcelaine hollandais du XVe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>Philadelphia Museum of Art<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1680\" height=\"1224\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1627\" data-id=\"1627\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Historia-natural-de-Caio-Pinio-Segundo-ed-Jeronimo-Gomez-de-Huerta-1624.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Historia-natural-de-Caio-Pinio-Segundo-ed-Jeronimo-Gomez-de-Huerta-1624.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Historia-natural-de-Caio-Pinio-Segundo-ed-Jeronimo-Gomez-de-Huerta-1624-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Historia-natural-de-Caio-Pinio-Segundo-ed-Jeronimo-Gomez-de-Huerta-1624-768x560.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Historia-natural-de-Caio-Pinio-Segundo-ed-Jeronimo-Gomez-de-Huerta-1624-1536x1119.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Historia-natural-de-Caio-Pinio-Segundo-ed-Jeronimo-Gomez-de-Huerta-1624-412x300.jpg 412w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1680px) 100vw, 1680px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Planches accompagnant une \u00e9dition espagnole de l&#8217;<i>Histoire Naturelle<\/i> de Pline, en 1624.\nCherchez la licorne, ou plus exactement le monoceros !<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1656\" height=\"1717\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3131\" data-id=\"3131\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Crispijn-de-Passe-les-4-elements-circa-1600.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Crispijn-de-Passe-les-4-elements-circa-1600.jpg 1656w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Crispijn-de-Passe-les-4-elements-circa-1600-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Crispijn-de-Passe-les-4-elements-circa-1600-768x796.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Crispijn-de-Passe-les-4-elements-circa-1600-1481x1536.jpg 1481w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1656px) 100vw, 1656px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Crispijn de Passe, <i>Les quatre \u00e9l\u00e9ments<\/i>, circa 1600.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1293\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3414\" data-id=\"3414\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/W.-Hollar-1674-2048x1293.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/W.-Hollar-1674-2048x1293.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/W.-Hollar-1674-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/W.-Hollar-1674-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/W.-Hollar-1674-1536x970.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/W.-Hollar-1674-475x300.jpg 475w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Wenceslaus Hollar, 1674.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"726\" height=\"1600\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-453\" data-id=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Sainte-Jeanne-dArc-de-Rouen-circa-1520-1-photo-Jean-Yves-Cordier.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Sainte-Jeanne-dArc-de-Rouen-circa-1520-1-photo-Jean-Yves-Cordier.jpg 726w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Sainte-Jeanne-dArc-de-Rouen-circa-1520-1-photo-Jean-Yves-Cordier-136x300.jpg 136w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Sainte-Jeanne-dArc-de-Rouen-circa-1520-1-photo-Jean-Yves-Cordier-697x1536.jpg 697w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Jean et Engrand Le Prince, Sainte-Jeanne d\u2019Arc de Rouen, circa 1520.<br \/>Photo Jean-Yves Cordier<\/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>Au d\u00e9but du XVIe si\u00e8cle, deux licornes, trois griffons et deux dragons c\u00f4toient encore quelques centaines d&#8217;animaux tr\u00e8s r\u00e9els dans les marges du livre de partitions pour luths du v\u00e9nitien Vincenzo Capirola, qui semblent pourtant dessin\u00e9es d&#8217;apr\u00e8s nature.<\/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=\"1600\" height=\"1106\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-6109\" data-id=\"6109\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Capirola-Lute-Book-fol-51v-1517.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Capirola-Lute-Book-fol-51v-1517.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Capirola-Lute-Book-fol-51v-1517-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Capirola-Lute-Book-fol-51v-1517-768x531.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Capirola-Lute-Book-fol-51v-1517-1536x1062.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Capirola-Lute-Book-fol-51v-1517-434x300.jpg 434w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1117\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-6111\" data-id=\"6111\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Capirola-Lute-Book-fol-51v-1517-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Capirola-Lute-Book-fol-51v-1517-1.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Capirola-Lute-Book-fol-51v-1517-1-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Capirola-Lute-Book-fol-51v-1517-1-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Capirola-Lute-Book-fol-51v-1517-1-1536x1072.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Capirola-Lute-Book-fol-51v-1517-1-430x300.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/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 est, de toutes les cr\u00e9atures imaginaires du bestiaire, celle qui passa le plus ais\u00e9ment dans le nouveau corpus des sciences de la nature. Le retour aux classiques, notamment Aristote dont l\u2019oryx \u00e9tait une sorte d\u2019antilope unicorne, et les multiples r\u00e9cits de voyageurs, comme Ludovico Barthema de retour de La Mecque, aidaient \u00e0 y voir un animal comme les autres, quoique plus rare que beaucoup d\u2019autres. Elle figura donc, jusqu\u2019\u00e0 la fin du XVIIe si\u00e8cle, dans des recueils de figures animales et des repr\u00e9sentations peintes ou sculpt\u00e9es de la nature d\u2019o\u00f9 griffons et m\u00eame dragons, disparaissaient peu \u00e0 peu.<\/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=\"1345\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-447\" data-id=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/D-BN-ms-fr-1537-fol-87r--1345x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/D-BN-ms-fr-1537-fol-87r--1345x2048.jpg 1345w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/D-BN-ms-fr-1537-fol-87r--197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/D-BN-ms-fr-1537-fol-87r--768x1170.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/D-BN-ms-fr-1537-fol-87r--1008x1536.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/D-BN-ms-fr-1537-fol-87r--scaled.jpg 1681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1345px) 100vw, 1345px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Le paradis enrouse\u0301 d&#8217;eau de grace, in Les Chants royaux de la conception couronn\u00e9e de Rouen, XVIe si\u00e8cle. \nRemarquez le singe qui mange une pomme, signe que toute cette histoire va sans doute mal tourner.\nBNF, ms fr 1537, fol 87r\t\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1393\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-4502\" data-id=\"4502\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Horae-ad-usum-romanum-1490-Paris-Antoine-Verard-note-psaume-103-1393x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Horae-ad-usum-romanum-1490-Paris-Antoine-Verard-note-psaume-103-1393x2048.jpg 1393w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Horae-ad-usum-romanum-1490-Paris-Antoine-Verard-note-psaume-103-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Horae-ad-usum-romanum-1490-Paris-Antoine-Verard-note-psaume-103-768x1129.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Horae-ad-usum-romanum-1490-Paris-Antoine-Verard-note-psaume-103-1044x1536.jpg 1044w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Horae-ad-usum-romanum-1490-Paris-Antoine-Verard-note-psaume-103.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1393px) 100vw, 1393px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Dans le phylact\u00e8re, un extrait du Psaume 104 &#8211; Les animaux petits et grands attendent de toi leur nourriture. La licorne, et le dragon qui l&#8217;accompagne, sont bien des animaux comme les autres.<br \/>\n<i>Horae ad usum romanum<\/i>, chez Antoine V\u00e9rard, Paris, 1500.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1585\" height=\"1301\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-8301\" data-id=\"8301\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Vie-dAbraham-broderie-hollandaise-debut-XVIIe-Metropolitan-Museum.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Vie-dAbraham-broderie-hollandaise-debut-XVIIe-Metropolitan-Museum.jpg 1585w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Vie-dAbraham-broderie-hollandaise-debut-XVIIe-Metropolitan-Museum-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Vie-dAbraham-broderie-hollandaise-debut-XVIIe-Metropolitan-Museum-768x630.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Vie-dAbraham-broderie-hollandaise-debut-XVIIe-Metropolitan-Museum-1536x1261.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Vie-dAbraham-broderie-hollandaise-debut-XVIIe-Metropolitan-Museum-365x300.jpg 365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1585px) 100vw, 1585px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>Vie d&#8217;Abraham<\/i>, Broderie Hollandaise, d\u00e9but du XMetropolitan Museum, New York.<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La licorne \u00e9tait l\u2019une des b\u00eates sauvages vivant dans l\u2019Orient lointain, o\u00f9 elle c\u00f4toyait le lion, l\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9phant, la panth\u00e8re, le griffon. Elle est dans le texte de tous les bestiaires, et dans les illustrations de beaucoup. Si la licorne est &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/2021\/06\/04\/la-licorne-parmi-les-animaux\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1-ancetres-et-cousins-dorient"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422","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=422"}],"version-history":[{"count":76,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8812,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions\/8812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}