{"id":5976,"date":"2022-05-22T11:11:34","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T11:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/?p=5976"},"modified":"2026-01-30T11:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T11:42:16","slug":"licornes-bibliques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/2022\/05\/22\/licornes-bibliques\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udcd6 Licornes bibliques"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1235\" height=\"1203\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/0-Lettrine-D-BL-Add-42131-fol-95.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5982\" style=\"width:292px;height:282px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/0-Lettrine-D-BL-Add-42131-fol-95.jpg 1235w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/0-Lettrine-D-BL-Add-42131-fol-95-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/0-Lettrine-D-BL-Add-42131-fol-95-768x748.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/0-Lettrine-D-BL-Add-42131-fol-95-308x300.jpg 308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1235px) 100vw, 1235px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Le jeune David tuant \u00e0 mains nues un lion et un ours, auxquels l&#8217;enlumineur a ajout\u00e9 une licorne pour faire bon poids.<br \/>\nBritish Library, Add ms 42131, fol 95r.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-bordeaux-color has-text-color\"><strong>&#8216;autres images de licornes illustrant les quelques passages de la Vulgate o\u00f9 l&#8217;animal est cit\u00e9, notamment Job et les Psaumes, et d&#8217;autres o\u00f9 elle ne l&#8217;est m\u00eame pas, comme le songe de Nabuchodonosor dans le livre de Daniel.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bien qu&#8217;aucun quadrup\u00e8de n&#8217;y soit nomm\u00e9ment cit\u00e9, c&#8217;est bien s\u00fbr dans les miniatures et gravures illustrant la Gen\u00e8se que les licornes, seules ou en couple, sont les plus nombreuses. Plusieurs chapitres de mon livre, et plusieurs articles de ce blog sont donc consacr\u00e9s \u00e0 la <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/2022\/02\/07\/quand-dieu-crea-la-licorne\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4255\">Cr\u00e9ation des animaux<\/a>, \u00e0 la vie calme puis tumultueuse du <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/2022\/01\/20\/dun-jardin-lautre\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3810\">jardin d&#8217;Eden<\/a>, et \u00e0 l&#8217;<a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/2021\/11\/29\/les-licornes-a-bord-de-larche\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4144\">Arche de No\u00e9<\/a>. J&#8217;ai \u00e9galement parl\u00e9 dans un article \u00e0 part du <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/2021\/07\/26\/un-bouc-venait-de-loccident\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"156\">bouc unicorne du livre de Daniel<\/a>, qui est un bouc et donc pas vraiment une licorne. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La bible h\u00e9bra\u00efque connaissait le reem, sans doute un b\u0153uf sauvage ou un buffle. La version grecque des Septante en avait fait un monoceros\/ Dans la Vulgate latine il \u00e9tait devenu tant\u00f4t rhinoceros, tant\u00f4t unicornis, mais tous deux \u00e9taient plus ou moins notre licorne.<\/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=\"975\" height=\"1493\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5979\" data-id=\"5979\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BookReaderImages.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BookReaderImages.jpg 975w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BookReaderImages-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BookReaderImages-768x1176.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">King James Bible, \u00e9d. 1611. Deuteronome XXXIII.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1296\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5949\" data-id=\"5949\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/KJV-1611-Psalm-XXII-1296x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/KJV-1611-Psalm-XXII-1296x2048.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/KJV-1611-Psalm-XXII-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/KJV-1611-Psalm-XXII-768x1214.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/KJV-1611-Psalm-XXII-972x1536.jpg 972w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/KJV-1611-Psalm-XXII.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1296px) 100vw, 1296px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Psaume XXII.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1323\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5950\" data-id=\"5950\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/KJV-1611-Psalm-XXIX-1323x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/KJV-1611-Psalm-XXIX-1323x2048.jpg 1323w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/KJV-1611-Psalm-XXIX-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/KJV-1611-Psalm-XXIX-768x1189.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/KJV-1611-Psalm-XXIX-992x1536.jpg 992w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/KJV-1611-Psalm-XXIX.jpg 1654w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1323px) 100vw, 1323px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Psaume XXIX.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><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-5948\" data-id=\"5948\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/KJV-1611-Job-XXXIX-1338x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/KJV-1611-Job-XXXIX-1338x2048.jpg 1338w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/KJV-1611-Job-XXXIX-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/KJV-1611-Job-XXXIX-768x1175.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/KJV-1611-Job-XXXIX-1004x1536.jpg 1004w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/KJV-1611-Job-XXXIX.jpg 1673w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1338px) 100vw, 1338px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Job XXXIX.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1342\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-6408\" data-id=\"6408\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/kjvkingjamesbibl1611lman_0787-1342x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/kjvkingjamesbibl1611lman_0787-1342x2048.jpg 1342w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/kjvkingjamesbibl1611lman_0787-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/kjvkingjamesbibl1611lman_0787-768x1172.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/kjvkingjamesbibl1611lman_0787-1006x1536.jpg 1006w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/kjvkingjamesbibl1611lman_0787.jpg 1677w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1342px) 100vw, 1342px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Isaie XXXIV<\/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>Sur le psautier carolingien dit de Stuttgart, dat\u00e9 des ann\u00e9es 820, apparaissent d\u00e9j\u00e0 deux licornes \u00e0 la silhouette massive, l&#8217;une illustrant le psaume XXIII, Salva me ab ore leonis, et a cornibus unicornium (<em>lib\u00e8re moi de la gueule du lion et des cornes des licornes<\/em>), l&#8217;autre le psaume XCI, <em>Et exaltabitur sicut unicornis cornu meum (ma corne sera exalt\u00e9e comme celle de la licorne).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><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=\"1910\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5966\" data-id=\"5966\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Stuttgart-Psalter-fol-27r-psalm-22-1910x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Stuttgart-Psalter-fol-27r-psalm-22-1910x2048.jpg 1910w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Stuttgart-Psalter-fol-27r-psalm-22-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Stuttgart-Psalter-fol-27r-psalm-22-768x824.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Stuttgart-Psalter-fol-27r-psalm-22-1432x1536.jpg 1432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1910px) 100vw, 1910px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>Salva me ab ore leonis, et a cornibus unicornium<\/i><br \/>\nPsautier de Stuttgart, circa 820. <br \/>\nW\u00fcrttembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart, Bibl. fol. 23, fol 27r.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1134\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5963\" data-id=\"5963\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Stuttgart-Psalter-fol-108v-psalm-91--2048x1134.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Stuttgart-Psalter-fol-108v-psalm-91--2048x1134.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Stuttgart-Psalter-fol-108v-psalm-91--300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Stuttgart-Psalter-fol-108v-psalm-91--768x425.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Stuttgart-Psalter-fol-108v-psalm-91--1536x851.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Stuttgart-Psalter-fol-108v-psalm-91--500x277.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>Et exaltabitur sicut unicornis cornu meum.<\/i><br \/>fol 108v.<br \/>\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>Les illustrations du psautier d\u2019Utrecht et de sa copie le psautier Harley, tous deux du XIe si\u00e8cle, reprennent dans le moindre d\u00e9tail les textes de certains psaumes. Deux licornes y apparaissent aux psaume XXI, <em>Lib\u00e8re-moi de la gueule du lion et des cornes de la licorne<\/em>, et XXVIII, <em>L\u2019\u00c9ternel brise les c\u00e8dres du Liban, Il les fait sauter comme les jeunes taureaux et les faons des licornes<\/em>. Sur la premi\u00e8re image, en bas \u00e0 droite, des lions et une licorne attaquent deux hommes arm\u00e9s de faux qui ont visiblement bien besoin d\u2019un coup de main de l\u2019\u00c9ternel. Sur la deuxi\u00e8me, une licorne brise un c\u00e8dre du Liban, mais la sc\u00e8ne est truqu\u00e9e, puisqu\u2019on voit les anges qui soufflent en arri\u00e8re-plan.<\/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=\"981\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5975\" data-id=\"5975\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Utrecht-ms-32-fol-12r-Utrechts-Psalter_PSALM-21-2048x981.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Utrecht-ms-32-fol-12r-Utrechts-Psalter_PSALM-21-2048x981.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Utrecht-ms-32-fol-12r-Utrechts-Psalter_PSALM-21-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Utrecht-ms-32-fol-12r-Utrechts-Psalter_PSALM-21-768x368.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Utrecht-ms-32-fol-12r-Utrechts-Psalter_PSALM-21-1536x736.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Utrecht-ms-32-fol-12r-Utrechts-Psalter_PSALM-21-500x239.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Biblioth\u00e8que d&#8217;Utrecht, ms 32, fol 12r.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1575\" height=\"997\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5973\" data-id=\"5973\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Utrecht-ms-32-fol-12r-Utrechts-Psalter_PSALM-21-detail.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Utrecht-ms-32-fol-12r-Utrechts-Psalter_PSALM-21-detail.jpg 1575w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Utrecht-ms-32-fol-12r-Utrechts-Psalter_PSALM-21-detail-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Utrecht-ms-32-fol-12r-Utrechts-Psalter_PSALM-21-detail-768x486.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Utrecht-ms-32-fol-12r-Utrechts-Psalter_PSALM-21-detail-1536x972.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Utrecht-ms-32-fol-12r-Utrechts-Psalter_PSALM-21-detail-474x300.jpg 474w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1575px) 100vw, 1575px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"878\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5967\" data-id=\"5967\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Utrecht-ms-32-fol-16r-Utrechts-Psalter_PSALM-28.-2048x878.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Utrecht-ms-32-fol-16r-Utrechts-Psalter_PSALM-28.-2048x878.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Utrecht-ms-32-fol-16r-Utrechts-Psalter_PSALM-28.-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Utrecht-ms-32-fol-16r-Utrechts-Psalter_PSALM-28.-768x329.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Utrecht-ms-32-fol-16r-Utrechts-Psalter_PSALM-28.-1536x658.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Utrecht-ms-32-fol-16r-Utrechts-Psalter_PSALM-28.-500x214.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Fol 16r.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1141\" height=\"790\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5974\" data-id=\"5974\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Utrecht-ms-32-fol-16r-Utrechts-Psalter_PSALM-28.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Utrecht-ms-32-fol-16r-Utrechts-Psalter_PSALM-28.jpg 1141w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Utrecht-ms-32-fol-16r-Utrechts-Psalter_PSALM-28-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Utrecht-ms-32-fol-16r-Utrechts-Psalter_PSALM-28-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Utrecht-ms-32-fol-16r-Utrechts-Psalter_PSALM-28-433x300.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1141px) 100vw, 1141px\" \/><\/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>On retrouve les m\u00eames compositions, avec quelques couleurs en plus, sur des psautiers du XIIe si\u00e8cle.<\/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=\"1354\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5968\" data-id=\"5968\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-latin-8846-fol-36v-Psautier-de-Canterbury-fin-XIIe-1354x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-latin-8846-fol-36v-Psautier-de-Canterbury-fin-XIIe-1354x2048.jpg 1354w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-latin-8846-fol-36v-Psautier-de-Canterbury-fin-XIIe-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-latin-8846-fol-36v-Psautier-de-Canterbury-fin-XIIe-768x1162.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-latin-8846-fol-36v-Psautier-de-Canterbury-fin-XIIe-1015x1536.jpg 1015w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-latin-8846-fol-36v-Psautier-de-Canterbury-fin-XIIe.jpg 1692w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1354px) 100vw, 1354px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Psautier de Canterbury, XIIe si\u00e8cle. BNF, ms latin 8846, fol 36v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1617\" height=\"1957\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5965\" data-id=\"5965\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-latin-8846-fol-36v-Psautier-de-Canterbury-fin-XIIe-detail.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-latin-8846-fol-36v-Psautier-de-Canterbury-fin-XIIe-detail.jpg 1617w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-latin-8846-fol-36v-Psautier-de-Canterbury-fin-XIIe-detail-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-latin-8846-fol-36v-Psautier-de-Canterbury-fin-XIIe-detail-768x929.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-latin-8846-fol-36v-Psautier-de-Canterbury-fin-XIIe-detail-1269x1536.jpg 1269w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1617px) 100vw, 1617px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1361\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5970\" data-id=\"5970\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-latin-8846-fol-47v-Psautier-de-Canterbury-1361x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-latin-8846-fol-47v-Psautier-de-Canterbury-1361x2048.jpg 1361w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-latin-8846-fol-47v-Psautier-de-Canterbury-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-latin-8846-fol-47v-Psautier-de-Canterbury-768x1156.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-latin-8846-fol-47v-Psautier-de-Canterbury-1021x1536.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-latin-8846-fol-47v-Psautier-de-Canterbury.jpg 1701w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1361px) 100vw, 1361px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">fol 47v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1593\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5971\" data-id=\"5971\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-latin-8846-fol-47v-Psautier-de-Canterbury-detail-1593x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-latin-8846-fol-47v-Psautier-de-Canterbury-detail-1593x2048.jpg 1593w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-latin-8846-fol-47v-Psautier-de-Canterbury-detail-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-latin-8846-fol-47v-Psautier-de-Canterbury-detail-768x987.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-latin-8846-fol-47v-Psautier-de-Canterbury-detail-1195x1536.jpg 1195w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-latin-8846-fol-47v-Psautier-de-Canterbury-detail.jpg 1646w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1593px) 100vw, 1593px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1431\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5962\" data-id=\"5962\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Cambridge-Trinity-College-ms-R.17.1-fol-36v-Eadwine-Pslater-1431x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Cambridge-Trinity-College-ms-R.17.1-fol-36v-Eadwine-Pslater-1431x2048.jpg 1431w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Cambridge-Trinity-College-ms-R.17.1-fol-36v-Eadwine-Pslater-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Cambridge-Trinity-College-ms-R.17.1-fol-36v-Eadwine-Pslater-768x1099.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Cambridge-Trinity-College-ms-R.17.1-fol-36v-Eadwine-Pslater-1074x1536.jpg 1074w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Cambridge-Trinity-College-ms-R.17.1-fol-36v-Eadwine-Pslater-scaled.jpg 1789w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1431px) 100vw, 1431px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Psautier d&#8217;Eadwine, XIIe si\u00e8cle. Cambridge, Trinity College ms R.17.1, fol 36v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1053\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5972\" data-id=\"5972\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Cambridge-Trinity-College-ms-R.17.1-fol-36v-Eadwine-Pslater.-2048x1053.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Cambridge-Trinity-College-ms-R.17.1-fol-36v-Eadwine-Pslater.-2048x1053.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Cambridge-Trinity-College-ms-R.17.1-fol-36v-Eadwine-Pslater.-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Cambridge-Trinity-College-ms-R.17.1-fol-36v-Eadwine-Pslater.-768x395.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Cambridge-Trinity-College-ms-R.17.1-fol-36v-Eadwine-Pslater.-1536x790.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Cambridge-Trinity-College-ms-R.17.1-fol-36v-Eadwine-Pslater.-500x257.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Psautier d&#8217;Eadwine. Cambridge, Trinity College, ms R 17.1, fol 36v.<\/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>Dans le livre de Job, au chapitre XXIXX, on trouve qu&#8217;un rhinoceros :<br \/><em>\u00ab Numquid volet rhinoceros servire tibi, aut morabitur ad praesepe tuum?<br \/>Numquid alligabis rhinocerota ad arandum loro tuo, aut confringet glebas vallium post te?<br \/>Numquid fiduciam habebis in magna fortitudine ejus, et derelinques ei labores tuos? \u00bb<\/em><br \/><br \/>Tout au long du Moyen \u00c2ge, les \u00e9rudits, suivant en cela Saint Gr\u00e9goire dans ses commentaires sur Job \u00e9crits \u00e0 la fin du VIe si\u00e8cle, voient dans ce puissant rhinoceros le m\u00eame animal que la licorne qui se laisse attendrir par une jeune vierge. Les artistes donnant \u00e0 la b\u00eate une silhouette plus proche de notre licorne que du rhinoceros, cela nous vaut dans les bibles enlumin\u00e9es les rares occurences iconographiques de licornes de labour. <\/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=\"2045\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5955\" data-id=\"5955\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Bodleian-ms-Bodl-270b-fol-223v-Bible-moralisee-2045x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Bodleian-ms-Bodl-270b-fol-223v-Bible-moralisee-2045x2048.jpg 2045w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Bodleian-ms-Bodl-270b-fol-223v-Bible-moralisee-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Bodleian-ms-Bodl-270b-fol-223v-Bible-moralisee-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Bodleian-ms-Bodl-270b-fol-223v-Bible-moralisee-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Bodleian-ms-Bodl-270b-fol-223v-Bible-moralisee-1534x1536.jpg 1534w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2045px) 100vw, 2045px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Bible moralis\u00e9e, fin du XIIIe si\u00e8cle. Oxford, Bodleian Library, ms Bodl 270 b, fol 223v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1704\" height=\"1838\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5956\" data-id=\"5956\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ONB-cod-1179-fol-159v-Bible-moralisee-circa-1230-.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ONB-cod-1179-fol-159v-Bible-moralisee-circa-1230-.jpg 1704w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ONB-cod-1179-fol-159v-Bible-moralisee-circa-1230--278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ONB-cod-1179-fol-159v-Bible-moralisee-circa-1230--768x828.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ONB-cod-1179-fol-159v-Bible-moralisee-circa-1230--1424x1536.jpg 1424w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1704px) 100vw, 1704px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Bible moralis\u00e9e, circa 1230. Vienne, \u00d6NB, cod 1179, fol 159v.<\/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>Dans les premi\u00e8res bibles en langue vulgaire, ce rhinoc\u00e9ros fut d&#8217;ailleurs le plus souvent traduit par licorne, comme dans la Bible catholique de Louvain, en 1560 : <em>\u00ab&nbsp;La licorne voudra elle te servir, ou demeurera-t-elle \u00e0 ta cr\u00e8che ? Pourras-tu lier la licorne de ta courroye pour labourer ? ou rompra-t-elle les mottes de terre des vall\u00e9es apr\u00e8s toi ? Auras-tu fiance en sa grand&#8217;force, lui commettras-tu tes labeurs ?\u00bb.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"876\" height=\"1109\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5980\" data-id=\"5980\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-fr-166-fol-112r.-Bible-moralisee-circa-1350.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-fr-166-fol-112r.-Bible-moralisee-circa-1350.jpg 876w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-fr-166-fol-112r.-Bible-moralisee-circa-1350-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-fr-166-fol-112r.-Bible-moralisee-circa-1350-768x972.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Bible moralis\u00e9e, circa 1350. BNF, ms fr 166, fol 112r.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1299\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5946\" data-id=\"5946\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-Grec-135-fol-225r-Catena-in-Job--2048x1299.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-Grec-135-fol-225r-Catena-in-Job--2048x1299.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-Grec-135-fol-225r-Catena-in-Job--300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-Grec-135-fol-225r-Catena-in-Job--768x487.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-Grec-135-fol-225r-Catena-in-Job--1536x974.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-Grec-135-fol-225r-Catena-in-Job--473x300.jpg 473w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Livre de Job, manuscrit grec du XIVe si\u00e8cle. <br \/>\nBNF, ms Grec 135, fol 225r .                  \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>Dans une bible d&#8217;aujourd&#8217;hui, Job XXXIX 9-10 est devenu, ce qui est sans doute plus proche du sens originel : \u00ab<em>&nbsp;Le buffle se mettra-t-il \u00e0 ton service&nbsp;?&nbsp;Passera-t-il la nuit dans ton \u00e9table&nbsp;? Labourera-t-il tes sillons&nbsp;? Rompra-t-il les mottes de terre apr\u00e8s toi&nbsp;? Auras-tu confiance en lui malgr\u00e9 sa force prodigieuse&nbsp;? Lui abandonneras-tu le fruit de tes travaux&nbsp;?&nbsp;\u00bb<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voici, dans une traduction du XVIIe si\u00e8cle, ce que Saint Gr\u00e9goire \u00e9crit du rhinoc\u00e9ros, devenu licorne, dans ses <em>Moralia in Job<\/em>, un texte souvent recopi\u00e9 et comment\u00e9 :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f8e5f3\">Comme cette myst\u00e9rieuse licorne, apr\u00e8s avoir re\u00e7u la p\u00e2ture de la pr\u00e9dication, doit en faire voir les fruits par ses actions, l\u2019\u00c9criture dit fort bien ensuite \u00ab&nbsp;Lierez-vous la licorne avec vos courroies pour la faire labourer. Ces courroies de l\u2019\u00c9glise sont ses commandements et sa discipline, et labourer n\u2019est autre chose que fendre la terre des c\u0153urs comme par le fer de la pr\u00e9dication. Ainsi cette licorne, autrefois si fi\u00e8re et si indomptable, est maintenant li\u00e9e des courroies de la foi, et se laisse mener de l\u2019\u00e9table \u00e0 la charrue pour labourer, parce que plusieurs \u00e9tant convertis, s\u2019efforcent eux-m\u00eames de faire conna\u00eetre aux autres cette m\u00eame foi dont ils ont \u00e9t\u00e9 repus. L\u2019on sait avec quelle cruaut\u00e9 les princes de la terre ont autrefois pers\u00e9cut\u00e9 l\u2019\u00c9glise de Dieu, et l\u2019on voit avec quelle humilit\u00e9 ils lui sont maintenant soumis par la vertu de sa gr\u00e2ce. Or cette licorne n\u2019a pas simplement \u00e9t\u00e9 li\u00e9e, mais elle l\u2019a \u00e9t\u00e9 pour labourer: parce que celui qui est attach\u00e9 dans l\u2019\u00c9glise par les courroies de la discipline , non seulement s\u2019abstient du p\u00e9ch\u00e9, mais s\u2019exerce m\u00eame dans la pr\u00e9dication pour y attirer les autres. Quand donc nous voyons que les prince et les conducteurs des peuples viennent eux-m\u00eames \u00e0 craindre Dieu dans leurs actions, ne peut-on pas dire qu\u2019ils sont comme li\u00e9s des saintes cour\u00adroies de l&#8217;\u00c9glise? Quand aussi ils ne cessent point de pr\u00eacher par leurs lois sacr\u00e9es cette m\u00eame foi qu\u2019ils avaient autrefois si fortement combattue, n\u2019est-ce pas comme tirer avec un continuel effort la charrue de la foi ? Je Prends plaisir \u00e0 consid\u00e9rer cette licorne, c\u2019est \u00e0 dire le Prince de la terre, li\u00e9 des courroies de la foi, qui porte comme une corne redoutable sur le front, par la puissance du si\u00e8cle qui r\u00e9side en sa personne, et qui soutient le joug de l\u2019\u00c9vangile par l\u2019amour de Dieu. Cette fi\u00e8re licorne serait \u00e0 craindre, si elle n\u2019\u00e9tait point li\u00e9e. Car elle a une corne, mais elle est li\u00e9e. Les humbles trouvent dans ces saintes cour\u00adroies ce qu\u2019ils doivent aimer et les superbes dans cette corne redoutable ce qu\u2019ils doivent craindre. Ce grand prince \u00e9tant li\u00e9 de ces courroies spirituelles conserve soigneusement la douceur et la pi\u00e9t\u00e9 mais \u00e9tant arm\u00e9 de cette corne de gloire et de grandeur terrestre, il exerce son autorit\u00e9 et sa puis\u00adsance. Souvent quand on le provoque \u00e0 la col\u00e8re et \u00e0 la vengeance, il est retenu par le sentiment de la crainte de Dieu. Quelquefois en offensant sa puissance souveraine, on l\u2019anime de fureur, mais faisant aussit\u00f4t r\u00e9flexion sur le juge qui est \u00e9ternel, sa corne se trouve li\u00e9e par cette pens\u00e9e, de sorte qu\u2019il s&#8217;adoucit et qu\u2019il s\u2019humilie. Il me souvient d\u2019avoir vu moi-m\u00eame assez souvent que lorsque cette puissante licorne \u00e9tait toute pr\u00eate \u00e0 donner de furieux coups, et qu\u2019ayant d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e9lev\u00e9 cette corne terrible, elle mena\u00e7ait d\u2019une mani\u00e8re redoutable les moindres b\u00eates, c\u2019est \u00e0 dire ses sujets, d\u2019exil, de mort, et d\u2019autres semblables punitions, ce pieux prince faisant aussit\u00f4t le signe de la croix sur son front, \u00e9teignait en un moment dans son \u00e2me cet embrasement de fureur, que se tournant vers Dieu, il se d\u00e9pouillait de toute col\u00e8re, et que comme il se sentait impuissant d\u2019accomplir tout ce qu\u2019il avait r\u00e9solu, il reconnaissait bien qu\u2019il \u00e9tait li\u00e9. Mais il ne se contente pas de dompter soi-m\u00eame sa propre col\u00e8re, il s\u2019efforce encore d\u2019insinuer dans les c\u0153urs de ses sujets tout ce qu\u2019il y a de bien et de juste, et veut faire voir lui-m\u00eame par l\u2019exemple de son humilit\u00e9 propre, que tout le monde doit avoir imprim\u00e9e dans le fond de l\u2019\u00e2me une sinc\u00e8re v\u00e9n\u00e9ration pour l&#8217;\u00c9glise sainte. Dieu dit donc \u00e0 Job: \u00ab&nbsp;Lierez-vous la licorne avec vos courroies pour la faire labourer?&nbsp;\u00bb comme s\u2019il lui disait en termes plus clairs : Croyez-vous pouvoir r\u00e9duire les grands du monde qui se glorifient dans leur folle vanit\u00e9, au travail de la pr\u00e9dication et les attacherez-vous des liens de la discipline? Il faut ajouter, comme moi qui l\u2019ai fait quand je l\u2019ai voulu, et qui de ceux que j\u2019ai autrefois souffert si longtemps pour pers\u00e9cuteurs et pour ennemis, en ai fait depuis fait des d\u00e9fenseurs de ma foi.<br \/><br \/><em>\u2014 Les morales de Saint Gr\u00e9goire Pape sur le livre de Job,<\/em> 1669<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:calc(584 \/ 547)\"><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=\"1917\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5978\" data-id=\"5978\" data-aspect-ratio=\"584 \/ 547\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-lat-6-3-fol-65v-Bible-de-Roda-reve-de-Nabuchodonosor-XIe--2048x1917.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-lat-6-3-fol-65v-Bible-de-Roda-reve-de-Nabuchodonosor-XIe--2048x1917.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-lat-6-3-fol-65v-Bible-de-Roda-reve-de-Nabuchodonosor-XIe--300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-lat-6-3-fol-65v-Bible-de-Roda-reve-de-Nabuchodonosor-XIe--768x719.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-lat-6-3-fol-65v-Bible-de-Roda-reve-de-Nabuchodonosor-XIe--1536x1438.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BN-ms-lat-6-3-fol-65v-Bible-de-Roda-reve-de-Nabuchodonosor-XIe--321x300.jpg 321w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Bible de Roda, XIe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nBNF, ms lat 6-3, fol 65v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1637\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5961\" data-id=\"5961\" data-aspect-ratio=\"584 \/ 731\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Sarnen-College-benediction-cod-membr-8-fol-24vx-1637x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Sarnen-College-benediction-cod-membr-8-fol-24vx-1637x2048.jpg 1637w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Sarnen-College-benediction-cod-membr-8-fol-24vx-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Sarnen-College-benediction-cod-membr-8-fol-24vx-768x961.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Sarnen-College-benediction-cod-membr-8-fol-24vx-1228x1536.jpg 1228w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Sarnen-College-benediction-cod-membr-8-fol-24vx.jpg 1830w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1637px) 100vw, 1637px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>Speculum Human\u00e6 Salvationis<\/i>, 1427.\nSarnen, Coll\u00e8ge B\u00e9n\u00e9dictin, ms membr 8, fol 24v.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1554\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5960\" data-id=\"5960\" data-aspect-ratio=\"584 \/ 770\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BL-Sloane-ms-361-fol-26v-Speculum-Humanae-salvationis-XVe--1554x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BL-Sloane-ms-361-fol-26v-Speculum-Humanae-salvationis-XVe--1554x2048.jpg 1554w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BL-Sloane-ms-361-fol-26v-Speculum-Humanae-salvationis-XVe--228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BL-Sloane-ms-361-fol-26v-Speculum-Humanae-salvationis-XVe--768x1012.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BL-Sloane-ms-361-fol-26v-Speculum-Humanae-salvationis-XVe--1166x1536.jpg 1166w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BL-Sloane-ms-361-fol-26v-Speculum-Humanae-salvationis-XVe-.jpg 1943w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1554px) 100vw, 1554px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>Speculum Human\u00e6 Salvationis<\/i>, XVe si\u00e8cle.\nBritish Library, Sloane ms 361, fol 26v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1856\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5959\" data-id=\"5959\" data-aspect-ratio=\"584 \/ 644\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Bodleian-Arch-G-d-56-fol-52v-Speculum-Humanae-Salvationis-1474-1856x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Bodleian-Arch-G-d-56-fol-52v-Speculum-Humanae-Salvationis-1474-1856x2048.jpg 1856w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Bodleian-Arch-G-d-56-fol-52v-Speculum-Humanae-Salvationis-1474-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Bodleian-Arch-G-d-56-fol-52v-Speculum-Humanae-Salvationis-1474-768x848.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Bodleian-Arch-G-d-56-fol-52v-Speculum-Humanae-Salvationis-1474-1392x1536.jpg 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1856px) 100vw, 1856px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>Speculum Humanae Salvationis<\/i>, 1474. <br \/>Oxford, Bodleian Library, Arch G d 56, fol 52v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1291\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5958\" data-id=\"5958\" data-aspect-ratio=\"584 \/ 368\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Auggsburg-Cod-1-2-2-24-fol-51-1446-Specukum-humanae-salvationis-reve-de-Nabuchodonosor-2048x1291.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Auggsburg-Cod-1-2-2-24-fol-51-1446-Specukum-humanae-salvationis-reve-de-Nabuchodonosor-2048x1291.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Auggsburg-Cod-1-2-2-24-fol-51-1446-Specukum-humanae-salvationis-reve-de-Nabuchodonosor-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Auggsburg-Cod-1-2-2-24-fol-51-1446-Specukum-humanae-salvationis-reve-de-Nabuchodonosor-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Auggsburg-Cod-1-2-2-24-fol-51-1446-Specukum-humanae-salvationis-reve-de-Nabuchodonosor-1536x968.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Auggsburg-Cod-1-2-2-24-fol-51-1446-Specukum-humanae-salvationis-reve-de-Nabuchodonosor-476x300.jpg 476w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>Speculum human\u00e6 salvationis<\/i>, 1456.<br \/>\nAugsburg Universit\u00e4tsbibliothek, Cod I 2 2 24, fol 51\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5957\" data-id=\"5957\" data-aspect-ratio=\"584 \/ 1049\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Darmstadt-Hs-2505-fol-44v-speculum-humanae-salvationis-circa-1360--1140x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Darmstadt-Hs-2505-fol-44v-speculum-humanae-salvationis-circa-1360--1140x2048.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Darmstadt-Hs-2505-fol-44v-speculum-humanae-salvationis-circa-1360--167x300.jpg 167w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Darmstadt-Hs-2505-fol-44v-speculum-humanae-salvationis-circa-1360--768x1380.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Darmstadt-Hs-2505-fol-44v-speculum-humanae-salvationis-circa-1360--855x1536.jpg 855w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Darmstadt-Hs-2505-fol-44v-speculum-humanae-salvationis-circa-1360-.jpg 1267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>Speculum human\u00e6 salvationis<\/i>, circa 1360.\nDarmstadt, HS 2505, fol 44v.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1811\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5977\" data-id=\"5977\" data-aspect-ratio=\"584 \/ 516\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Besancon-ms-677-fol-13r-Nabuchodonosr-Fleur-des-chroniques-depuis-la-creation-du-monde-fin-du-XIVe--2048x1811.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Besancon-ms-677-fol-13r-Nabuchodonosr-Fleur-des-chroniques-depuis-la-creation-du-monde-fin-du-XIVe--2048x1811.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Besancon-ms-677-fol-13r-Nabuchodonosr-Fleur-des-chroniques-depuis-la-creation-du-monde-fin-du-XIVe--300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Besancon-ms-677-fol-13r-Nabuchodonosr-Fleur-des-chroniques-depuis-la-creation-du-monde-fin-du-XIVe--768x679.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Besancon-ms-677-fol-13r-Nabuchodonosr-Fleur-des-chroniques-depuis-la-creation-du-monde-fin-du-XIVe--1536x1358.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Besancon-ms-677-fol-13r-Nabuchodonosr-Fleur-des-chroniques-depuis-la-creation-du-monde-fin-du-XIVe--339x300.jpg 339w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>Fleur des chroniques depuis la cr\u00e9ation du monde<\/i>, XIVe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nBesan\u00e7on, ms 677, fol 13r.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"958\" height=\"1300\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-8650\" data-id=\"8650\" data-aspect-ratio=\"958 \/ 1300\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/ONB-Cod-2591-HAN-MAG-fol-56v-Remigius-Dupuis-Solemnelle-entree-faicte-sur-ladvenement-de-Charles-Archidux-dAutriche-en-Bruge-1515.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/ONB-Cod-2591-HAN-MAG-fol-56v-Remigius-Dupuis-Solemnelle-entree-faicte-sur-ladvenement-de-Charles-Archidux-dAutriche-en-Bruge-1515.jpg 958w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/ONB-Cod-2591-HAN-MAG-fol-56v-Remigius-Dupuis-Solemnelle-entree-faicte-sur-ladvenement-de-Charles-Archidux-dAutriche-en-Bruge-1515-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/ONB-Cod-2591-HAN-MAG-fol-56v-Remigius-Dupuis-Solemnelle-entree-faicte-sur-ladvenement-de-Charles-Archidux-dAutriche-en-Bruge-1515-768x1042.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Remigius Dupuis, <i>Solemnelle entree faicte sur l&#8217;advenement de Charles Archidux d&#8217;Autriche en Bruge<\/i>, 1515, ONB, Cod 2591 HAN MAG, fol 56v.<\/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>On ne croise nulle licorne dans le livre de Daniel, qui d\u00e9crit la captivit\u00e9 du peuple juif \u00e0 Babylone. Pourtant, la licorne est devenu classiquement l&#8217;un des animaux repr\u00e9sent\u00e9s dans la sc\u00e8ne du songe proph\u00e9tique de Nabuchodonosor, qui r\u00eave d\u2019un arbre reliant la terre au ciel, sous l\u2019ombre duquel se reposent les b\u00eates et sur les branches duquel les oiseaux font leur nid. Plus rarement, elle apparait aussi lorsque les choses tournent mal pour le roi de Babylone, qui perd la raison et vit parmi les animaux, parmi lesquels le texte biblique ne cite que les b\u0153ufs.<\/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=\"1500\" height=\"1446\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-5952\" data-id=\"5952\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Lettrine-D-BL-Add-42131-fol-95.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Lettrine-D-BL-Add-42131-fol-95.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Lettrine-D-BL-Add-42131-fol-95-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Lettrine-D-BL-Add-42131-fol-95-768x740.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Lettrine-D-BL-Add-42131-fol-95-311x300.jpg 311w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Dans le livre de Samuel, David tue \u00e0 mains nues un ours, un lion et une licorne qui ne devrait pas \u00eatre l\u00e0.<br \/>\nBritish Library, Add ms 42131, fol 95r.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1916\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-8628\" data-id=\"8628\" data-aspect-ratio=\"584 \/ 546\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Boidleian-St-John-s-College-MS-293_00071_fol-32-a-v-David-psautier-XVe-2048x1916.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Boidleian-St-John-s-College-MS-293_00071_fol-32-a-v-David-psautier-XVe-2048x1916.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Boidleian-St-John-s-College-MS-293_00071_fol-32-a-v-David-psautier-XVe-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Boidleian-St-John-s-College-MS-293_00071_fol-32-a-v-David-psautier-XVe-768x719.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Boidleian-St-John-s-College-MS-293_00071_fol-32-a-v-David-psautier-XVe-1536x1437.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Boidleian-St-John-s-College-MS-293_00071_fol-32-a-v-David-psautier-XVe-321x300.jpg 321w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Ici, l&#8217;ours est carr\u00e9ment remplac\u00e9 par une licorne.<br \/>Bodleian Library, St John&#8217;s College, ms 293, fol 32 v. 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