{"id":638,"date":"2021-08-16T09:57:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T09:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/?p=638"},"modified":"2026-02-14T12:45:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T12:45:31","slug":"la-tentation-de-saint-antoine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/2021\/08\/16\/la-tentation-de-saint-antoine\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2795 La tentation de Saint Antoine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#424eac\"><strong>Gustave Flaubert est, au XIXe si\u00e8cle, &nbsp;le premier auteur \u00e0 citer, \u00e0 plusieurs reprises, la licorne parmi les d\u00e9mons venus troubler le premier ermite au d\u00e9sert. Les artistes qui, au Moyen-\u00c2ge, avaient illustr\u00e9 cette sc\u00e8ne l\u2019y avaient cependant d\u00e9j\u00e0 souvent repr\u00e9sent\u00e9e.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Les repr\u00e9sentations de tentation de saints, et m\u00eame celles de la tentation du Christ, sont relativement rares avant la fin du Moyen \u00c2ge. Le saint le plus souvent repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 tent\u00e9 par les d\u00e9mons est le premier ermite dans le d\u00e9sert d\u2019\u00c9gypte, Saint Antoine. Au XIIIe si\u00e8cle, deux textes \u00e0 peu pr\u00e8s contemporains, le <em>Miroir historial<\/em> de Vincent de Beauvais et la <em>L\u00e9gende Dor\u00e9e<\/em> de Jacques de Voragine en font, en des termes \u00e0 peu pr\u00e8s identiques, l\u2019\u00e9pisode essentiel de la vie de l\u2019anachor\u00e8te. Voici le texte de la <em>L\u00e9gende dor\u00e9e<\/em>&nbsp;:<\/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=\"1251\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-660\" data-id=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-diables-BN-NAL-3187-fol-200r-Horae-ad-usum-romanum-tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-circa-1470-1251x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-diables-BN-NAL-3187-fol-200r-Horae-ad-usum-romanum-tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-circa-1470-1251x2048.jpg 1251w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-diables-BN-NAL-3187-fol-200r-Horae-ad-usum-romanum-tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-circa-1470-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-diables-BN-NAL-3187-fol-200r-Horae-ad-usum-romanum-tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-circa-1470-768x1258.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-diables-BN-NAL-3187-fol-200r-Horae-ad-usum-romanum-tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-circa-1470-938x1536.jpg 938w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-diables-BN-NAL-3187-fol-200r-Horae-ad-usum-romanum-tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-circa-1470.jpg 1311w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1251px) 100vw, 1251px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Livre d&#8217;heures, circa 1470. <br \/>Le cochon est le seul quadrup\u00e8de nomm\u00e9ment cit\u00e9 dans le r\u00e9cit de la Legenda aurea. <br \/>\nBNF, ms NAL 3187, fol 200r.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1146\" height=\"1011\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-659\" data-id=\"659\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-diables-BN-NAF-15942-fol-25v-Vincent-de-Beauvais-Speculum-Historiale.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-diables-BN-NAF-15942-fol-25v-Vincent-de-Beauvais-Speculum-Historiale.jpg 1146w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-diables-BN-NAF-15942-fol-25v-Vincent-de-Beauvais-Speculum-Historiale-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-diables-BN-NAF-15942-fol-25v-Vincent-de-Beauvais-Speculum-Historiale-768x678.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-diables-BN-NAF-15942-fol-25v-Vincent-de-Beauvais-Speculum-Historiale-340x300.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1146px) 100vw, 1146px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Saint Antoine monte au ciel enlev\u00e9 par des anges, tandis que deux d\u00e9mons, l\u2019un unicorne et l\u2019autre bicorne, pestent d\u2019avoir \u00e9chou\u00e9 \u00e0 le tenter. <br \/>\nVincent de Beauvais, <i>Speculum Historiale, <\/i>XIVe si\u00e8cle.\nBiblioth\u00e8que nationale, ms NAF 15942, fol 25v             \n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1574\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-658\" data-id=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-diables-BL-Add-ms-34294-Livre-dheures-italien-circa-1500-Sforza-Hours-tentation-de-Saint-Antoine--1574x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-diables-BL-Add-ms-34294-Livre-dheures-italien-circa-1500-Sforza-Hours-tentation-de-Saint-Antoine--1574x2048.jpg 1574w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-diables-BL-Add-ms-34294-Livre-dheures-italien-circa-1500-Sforza-Hours-tentation-de-Saint-Antoine--231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-diables-BL-Add-ms-34294-Livre-dheures-italien-circa-1500-Sforza-Hours-tentation-de-Saint-Antoine--768x999.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-diables-BL-Add-ms-34294-Livre-dheures-italien-circa-1500-Sforza-Hours-tentation-de-Saint-Antoine--1181x1536.jpg 1181w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-diables-BL-Add-ms-34294-Livre-dheures-italien-circa-1500-Sforza-Hours-tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-.jpg 1968w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1574px) 100vw, 1574px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Les d\u00e9mons, dont un unicorne, tentent Saint Antoine. <br \/>Livre d&#8217;heures italien, circa 1500.<br \/>\nBritish Library, Add ms 34294, fol 202v.<\/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:#efecde\">\u00ab&nbsp;Une autre fois, comme il \u00e9tait dans une tombe d\u2019\u00c9gypte, la foule des d\u00e9mons le maltraita si affreusement qu\u2019un de ses compagnons le crut mort et l\u2019emporta sur ses \u00e9paules&nbsp;; mais comme tous les fr\u00e8res, rassembl\u00e9s, le pleuraient, il se releva et demanda \u00e0 l\u2019homme qui l\u2019avait apport\u00e9 de le rapporter \u00e0 l\u2019endroit o\u00f9 il l\u2019avait trouv\u00e9. Et comme il y gisait, accabl\u00e9 de la douleur que lui causaient ses blessures, les d\u00e9mons reparurent, sous diverses formes d\u2019animaux f\u00e9roces, et se remirent \u00e0 le d\u00e9chirer avec leurs dents, leurs cornes, et leurs griffes. Alors, soudain, une lumi\u00e8re merveilleuse remplit le caveau, et mit en fuite tous les d\u00e9mons&nbsp;; et Antoine se trouva aussit\u00f4t gu\u00e9ri\u00bb.<br \/><br \/>Jacques de Voragine, <em>La l\u00e9gende dor\u00e9e, <\/em>trad. J. de Wyzewa, 1910.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:calc(933 \/ 1236)\"><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=\"933\" height=\"1236\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-8675\" data-id=\"8675\" data-aspect-ratio=\"933 \/ 1236\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Xanten_Germany_Xanten-Cathedral-03.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Xanten_Germany_Xanten-Cathedral-03.jpg 933w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Xanten_Germany_Xanten-Cathedral-03-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Xanten_Germany_Xanten-Cathedral-03-768x1017.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Jan Begaert (1465-1535), Triptyque de la vie de de Saint Antoine. Cath\u00e9drale de Xanten, Allemagne.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"364\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-8674\" data-id=\"8674\" data-aspect-ratio=\"364 \/ 480\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Xanten_Germany_Xanten-Cathedral-03-detail.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Xanten_Germany_Xanten-Cathedral-03-detail.jpg 364w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Xanten_Germany_Xanten-Cathedral-03-detail-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/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>Certains des enlumineurs qui illustr\u00e8rent cette sc\u00e8ne peignirent des d\u00e9mons bip\u00e8des, parfois ail\u00e9s, assez classiques, insistant seulement un peu plus qu\u2019\u00e0 l\u2019habitude sur les cornes, les dents et les griffes. C&#8217;est notamment le cas sur une c\u00e9l\u00e8bre gravure de Martin Schonggauer, en 1470, qui illustre \u00e9galement la difficult\u00e9, chez les d\u00e9mons, \u00e0 distinguer une cr\u00eate d&#8217;une corne unique.<\/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=\"1573\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-661\" data-id=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-Diables-Saint-Antoine-Martin-Schongauer-1573x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-Diables-Saint-Antoine-Martin-Schongauer-1573x2048.jpg 1573w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-Diables-Saint-Antoine-Martin-Schongauer-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-Diables-Saint-Antoine-Martin-Schongauer-768x1000.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-Diables-Saint-Antoine-Martin-Schongauer-1180x1536.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-Diables-Saint-Antoine-Martin-Schongauer.jpg 1966w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1573px) 100vw, 1573px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Martin Schongauer, La tentation de Saint Antoine, circa 1470.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1588\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2997\" data-id=\"2997\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Tentation-de-saint-antoine-gravure-du-maitre-E.S.-circa-1474-Rijksmuseum-1588x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Tentation-de-saint-antoine-gravure-du-maitre-E.S.-circa-1474-Rijksmuseum-1588x2048.jpg 1588w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Tentation-de-saint-antoine-gravure-du-maitre-E.S.-circa-1474-Rijksmuseum-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Tentation-de-saint-antoine-gravure-du-maitre-E.S.-circa-1474-Rijksmuseum-768x991.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Tentation-de-saint-antoine-gravure-du-maitre-E.S.-circa-1474-Rijksmuseum-1191x1536.jpg 1191w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Tentation-de-saint-antoine-gravure-du-maitre-E.S.-circa-1474-Rijksmuseum-scaled.jpg 1985w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1588px) 100vw, 1588px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>La tentation de Saint Antoine<\/i>, gravure du ma\u00eetre E.S., circa 1474.<br \/>\nRijksmuseum, Amsterdam.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1447\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3004\" data-id=\"3004\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Tempesta-tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-1598--1447x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Tempesta-tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-1598--1447x2048.jpg 1447w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Tempesta-tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-1598--212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Tempesta-tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-1598--768x1087.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Tempesta-tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-1598--1085x1536.jpg 1085w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Tempesta-tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-1598--scaled.jpg 1809w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1447px) 100vw, 1447px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Antonio Tempesta, <i>La tentation de Saint Antoine<\/i>, 1598<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1512\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3003\" data-id=\"3003\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Tempesta-tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-1598-detail-1512x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Tempesta-tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-1598-detail-1512x2048.jpg 1512w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Tempesta-tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-1598-detail-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Tempesta-tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-1598-detail-768x1040.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Tempesta-tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-1598-detail-1134x1536.jpg 1134w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Tempesta-tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-1598-detail-scaled.jpg 1890w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1512px) 100vw, 1512px\" \/><\/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>D\u2019autres donn\u00e8rent aux cr\u00e9atures diaboliques l\u2019aspect de b\u00eates f\u00e9roces. La licorne, alors tout \u00e0 fait vraisemblable en animal sauvage d\u2019\u00c9gypte, est tr\u00e8s souvent du nombre, sans que l\u2019on sache bien si la corne unique figure la luxure ou l\u2019orgueil, ce dernier \u00e9tant sans doute une tentation plus forte pour l\u2019ermite au d\u00e9sert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow\" 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=\"1358\" height=\"1130\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-664\" data-id=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-licornes-ms-BN-ms-fr-313-fol-298r-Tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-Vincent-de-Beauvais-Miroir-historial.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-licornes-ms-BN-ms-fr-313-fol-298r-Tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-Vincent-de-Beauvais-Miroir-historial.jpg 1358w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-licornes-ms-BN-ms-fr-313-fol-298r-Tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-Vincent-de-Beauvais-Miroir-historial-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-licornes-ms-BN-ms-fr-313-fol-298r-Tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-Vincent-de-Beauvais-Miroir-historial-768x639.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-licornes-ms-BN-ms-fr-313-fol-298r-Tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-Vincent-de-Beauvais-Miroir-historial-361x300.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1358px) 100vw, 1358px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Saint Antoine tent\u00e9 par les d\u00e9mons.<br \/>\nVincent de Bauvais, <i>Miroir Historial, <\/i>XIIIe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nBNF, ms fr 313, fol 298r\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1564\" height=\"1635\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-663\" data-id=\"663\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-licornes-ms-BN-ms-fr-51-Tfol-125r-Tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-Vincent-de-Beauvais-Miroir-historial.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-licornes-ms-BN-ms-fr-51-Tfol-125r-Tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-Vincent-de-Beauvais-Miroir-historial.jpg 1564w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-licornes-ms-BN-ms-fr-51-Tfol-125r-Tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-Vincent-de-Beauvais-Miroir-historial-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-licornes-ms-BN-ms-fr-51-Tfol-125r-Tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-Vincent-de-Beauvais-Miroir-historial-768x803.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-licornes-ms-BN-ms-fr-51-Tfol-125r-Tentation-de-Saint-Antoine-Vincent-de-Beauvais-Miroir-historial-1469x1536.jpg 1469w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1564px) 100vw, 1564px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Saint Martin au premier plan et, en arri\u00e8re-plan, Saint Antoine tent\u00e9 par les d\u00e9mons.<br \/>\nVincent de Bauvais, <i>Miroir Historial, <\/i>XVe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nBNF, ms fr 51, fol 125r\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1894\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1919\" data-id=\"1919\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Florence-Biblioteca-Laurenziana-ms-Med-Palat-143-Vita-Antonii-XIVe-2048x1894.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Florence-Biblioteca-Laurenziana-ms-Med-Palat-143-Vita-Antonii-XIVe-2048x1894.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Florence-Biblioteca-Laurenziana-ms-Med-Palat-143-Vita-Antonii-XIVe-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Florence-Biblioteca-Laurenziana-ms-Med-Palat-143-Vita-Antonii-XIVe-768x710.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Florence-Biblioteca-Laurenziana-ms-Med-Palat-143-Vita-Antonii-XIVe-1536x1421.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Florence-Biblioteca-Laurenziana-ms-Med-Palat-143-Vita-Antonii-XIVe-324x300.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>Vita Antonii<\/i>, XIVe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nFlorence, Biblioteca Laurenziana, ms med palat 143.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1390\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2747\" data-id=\"2747\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/RNL-Theodore.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/RNL-Theodore.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/RNL-Theodore-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/RNL-Theodore-768x667.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/RNL-Theodore-1536x1334.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/RNL-Theodore-345x300.jpg 345w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">La tentation de Saint Th\u00e9odore d\u2019\u00c9desse. La sc\u00e8ne fait penser \u00e0 nos tentations de Saint-Antoine, qui l&#8217;ont sans doute inspir\u00e9e.<br \/>\n<i>Vie de Saint Th\u00e9odore d\u2019\u00c9desse, <\/i>XVIIe si\u00e8cle.<br \/>\nSaint-Petersburg, Biblioth\u00e8que Nationale de Russie, ms \u0412\u044f\u0437. F.89, fol 36v\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>Sur un manuscrit en fran\u00e7ais de la L\u00e9gende Dor\u00e9e, copi\u00e9 au XVe si\u00e8cle, les d\u00e9mons ne sont que deux, un lion et une licorne, animaux \u00e0 la symbolique habituellement plut\u00f4t positive. C&#8217;est une r\u00e9f\u00e9rence au Psaume 22, <em>Sauve moi de la col\u00e8re du lion et des cornes de la licorne <\/em>&#8211; oui, je sais, les cornes de la licorne, c&#8217;est curieux, j&#8217;explique tout cela dans le livre. Je n&#8217;ai pas vu d&#8217;autres exemples de cette repr\u00e9sentation, et ignore s&#8217;il s&#8217;agit d&#8217;un cas unique.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"954\" height=\"1044\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/BNF-ms-fr-6448-fol-45v-Jacques-de-Voragine-legende-doree-XVe.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/BNF-ms-fr-6448-fol-45v-Jacques-de-Voragine-legende-doree-XVe.jpg 954w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/BNF-ms-fr-6448-fol-45v-Jacques-de-Voragine-legende-doree-XVe-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/BNF-ms-fr-6448-fol-45v-Jacques-de-Voragine-legende-doree-XVe-768x840.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 954px) 100vw, 954px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Antoine tent\u00e9 par la licorne et le lion sur un mansucrit de la <em>L\u00e9gende dor\u00e9e<\/em>, XVe si\u00e8cle. <br \/><span style=\"color:#9e9e9e\" class=\"tadv-color\">BNF, ms fr 6448, fol 45v.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>La version de la tentation de Saint Antoine que nous connaissons est bien s\u00fbr celle de Gustave Flaubert, qui d\u00e9taille les tentations charnelles, mat\u00e9rielles et intellectuelles, toutes n\u00e9es dans l\u2019imagination d\u00e9bordante de l\u2019ermite, auxquelles il fait difficilement face. La licorne, \u00e9tonnamment absente quelques ann\u00e9es plus t\u00f4t des d\u00e9cors orientaux de Salammb\u00f4, est cette fois nomm\u00e9ment cit\u00e9e, d\u2019abord comme cr\u00e9ature de l\u2019Orient merveilleux, puis parmi les b\u00eates d\u00e9moniaques qui apparaissent \u00e0 Antoine, tout comme un unicorne arabe, le shadhavar, devenu Sadhuzag, que Flaubert avait d\u00e9couvert lors de ses voyages au Proche-Orient.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1990\" height=\"1418\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/3-La_Tentation_de_Saint_Antoine.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/3-La_Tentation_de_Saint_Antoine.jpg 1990w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/3-La_Tentation_de_Saint_Antoine-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/3-La_Tentation_de_Saint_Antoine-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/3-La_Tentation_de_Saint_Antoine-1536x1094.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/3-La_Tentation_de_Saint_Antoine-421x300.jpg 421w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1990px) 100vw, 1990px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pieter Brueghel le jeune, <em>La Tentation de Saint-Antoine,<\/em> 1600. <br \/>C\u2019est ce tableau de Pieter Brughel qui inspira \u00e0 Gustave Flaubert son po\u00e8me \u00e9ponyme. La licorne, \u00e0 t\u00eate rouge, est au centre. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>C\u2019est d\u2019abord la reine de Saba qui appara\u00eet \u00e0 Antoine, et la corne de licorne n\u2019est dans son discours qu\u2019un signe de richesse et d\u2019antiquit\u00e9&nbsp;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f0e5e5\"><em>Elle se prom\u00e8ne entre les rang\u00e9es d\u2019esclaves et les marchandises.<\/em><br \/><br \/><em>La reine de Saba&nbsp;:<\/em><br \/><em>Voici du baume de G\u00e9n\u00e9zareth, de l\u2019encens du cap Gardefan, du ladanon, du cinnamome, et du silphium, bon \u00e0 mettre dans les sauces. Il y a l\u00e0-dedans des broderies d\u2019Assur, des ivoires du Gange, de la pourpre d\u2019\u00c9lisa&nbsp;; et cette bo\u00eete de neige contient une outre de chalibon, vin r\u00e9serv\u00e9 pour les rois d\u2019Assyrie, \u2014 et qui se boit pur dans une corne de licorne. Voil\u00e0 des colliers, des agrafes, des filets, des parasols, de la poudre d\u2019or de Baasa, du cassiteros de Tartessus, du bois bleu de Pandio, des fourrures blanches d\u2019Issedonie, des escarboucles de l\u2019\u00eele Pal\u00e6simonde, et des cure-dents faits avec les poils du tachas, \u2014 animal perdu qui se trouve sous la terre. Ces coussins sont d\u2019\u00c9math, et ces franges \u00e0 manteau de Palmyre. Sur ce tapis de Babylone, il y a\u2026 mais viens donc&nbsp;! Viens donc&nbsp;!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus subtil, Hilarion, ancien disciple de l\u2019anachor\u00e8te, incarne la tentation de la logique et de la science. Il promet \u00e0 Antoine la sagesse de l\u2019antiquit\u00e9, une antiquit\u00e9 bien s\u00fbr o\u00f9 les licornes quittent \u00e0 l\u2019occasion les bas-reliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f0e5e5\"><em>Hilarion<\/em> :<br \/><em>Le secret que tu voudrais tenir est gard\u00e9 par des sages. Ils vivent dans un pays lointain, assis sous des arbres gigantesques, v\u00eatus de blanc et calmes comme des Dieux. Un air chaud les nourrit. Des l\u00e9opards tout \u00e0 l\u2019entour marchent sur des gazons. Le murmure des sources avec le hennissement des licornes se m\u00ealent \u00e0 leurs voix. Tu les \u00e9couteras&nbsp;; et la face de l\u2019inconnu se d\u00e9voilera&nbsp;!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apollonus de Tyane et son riche et na\u00eff acolyte Damis pr\u00e9sentent une autre tentation, celle des sectes et charlatans. Pourquoi le Christ et pas un autre, surtout quand cet autre vous propose des balades \u00e0 dos de licorne&nbsp;?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f0e5e5\"><em>Damis<\/em> :<br \/><em>Tu comprendras la voix de tous les \u00eatres, les rugissements, les roucoulements&nbsp;!<\/em><br \/><br \/><em>Apollonius<\/em> :<br \/><em>Je te ferai monter sur les licornes, sur les dragons, sur les hippocentaures et les dauphins&nbsp;!<\/em><br \/><br \/><em>Antoine pleure.<\/em><br \/><em>Oh&nbsp;! Oh&nbsp;! Oh&nbsp;!<\/em><br \/><br \/><em>Apollonius<\/em> :<br \/><em>Tu conna\u00eetras les d\u00e9mons qui habitent les cavernes, ceux qui parlent dans les bois, ceux qui remuent les flots, ceux qui poussent les nuages.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C\u2019est dans les derni\u00e8res pages du texte de Flaubert qu\u2019est d\u00e9crite la sc\u00e8ne, emprunt\u00e9e \u00e0 la <em>L\u00e9gende dor\u00e9e<\/em>, o\u00f9 apparaissent \u00e0 l\u2019ermite des b\u00eates arm\u00e9es \u00ab&nbsp;de griffes, de cornes et de dents&nbsp;\u00bb, parmi lesquelles pas moins de deux quadrup\u00e8des unicornes, le shadhavar arabe \u00e0 la corne musicale, et notre licorne plus ou moins occidentale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebf9f0\"><em>Elles s\u2019agitent, les branches s\u2019entrechoquent&nbsp;; et tout \u00e0 coup para\u00eet un grand cerf noir, \u00e0 t\u00eate de taureau, qui porte entre les oreilles un buisson de cornes blanches.<\/em><br \/><br \/><em>Le Sadhuzag<\/em><br \/><em>Mes soixante-quatorze andouillers sont creux comme des fl\u00fbtes.<\/em><br \/><em>Quand je me tourne vers le vent du sud, il en part des sons qui attirent \u00e0 moi les b\u00eates ravies. Les serpents s\u2019enroulent \u00e0 mes jambes, les gu\u00eapes se collent dans mes narines, et les perroquets, les colombes et les ibis s\u2019abattent dans mes rameaux. \u2014 \u00c9coute&nbsp;!<\/em><br \/><br \/><em>Il renverse son bois, d\u2019o\u00f9 s\u2019\u00e9chappe une musique ineffablement douce.<\/em> <em>Antoine presse son c\u0153ur \u00e0 deux mains. Il lui semble que cette m\u00e9lodie va emporter son \u00e2me.<\/em><br \/><br \/><em>Le Sadhuzag<\/em><br \/><em>Mais quand je me tourne vers le vent du nord, mon bois plus touffu qu\u2019un bataillon de lances, exhale un hurlement&nbsp;; les for\u00eats tressaillent, les fleuves remontent, la gousse des fruits \u00e9clate, et les herbes se dressent comme la chevelure d\u2019un l\u00e2che. \u2014 \u00c9coute&nbsp;!<\/em><br \/><br \/><em>Il penche ses rameaux, d\u2019o\u00f9 sortent des cris discordants&nbsp;; Antoine est comme d\u00e9chir\u00e9.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"849\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/13-BN-ms-Smith-Lesouef-221-fol-179r-2048x849.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/13-BN-ms-Smith-Lesouef-221-fol-179r-2048x849.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/13-BN-ms-Smith-Lesouef-221-fol-179r-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/13-BN-ms-Smith-Lesouef-221-fol-179r-768x318.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/13-BN-ms-Smith-Lesouef-221-fol-179r-1536x637.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/13-BN-ms-Smith-Lesouef-221-fol-179r-500x207.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shadhavar Zakaria al Qazwini, <em>Livre des merveilles de la cr\u00e9ation<\/em>, manuscrit arabe, XVIIe si\u00e8cle. <br \/><span style=\"color:#9e9e9e\" class=\"tadv-color\">BNF, ms Smith Lesouef 221, fol 179r      <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>La licorne est la derni\u00e8re cr\u00e9ature terrestre \u00e0 appara\u00eetre \u00e0 l&#8217;ermite. Rapide, t\u00eate pourpre et corne multicolores, sa description doit plus \u00e0 Ct\u00e9sias de Cnide qu&#8217;aux sources chr\u00e9tiennes, mais, comme au Moyen \u00c2ge, seule une jeune vierge peut la ma\u00eetriser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebf9f0\"><em>Mais le cercle des monstres s\u2019entrouvre, le ciel tout \u00e0 coup devient bleu, et<\/em><br \/><br \/><em>La Licorne se pr\u00e9sente.<\/em><br \/><br \/><em>Au galop&nbsp;! Au galop&nbsp;!<\/em><br \/><em>J\u2019ai des sabots d\u2019ivoire, des dents d\u2019acier, la t\u00eate couleur de pourpre, le corps couleur de neige, et la corne de mon front porte les bariolures de l\u2019arc-en-ciel.<\/em><br \/><em>Je voyage de la Chald\u00e9e au d\u00e9sert tartare, sur les bords du Gange et dans la M\u00e9sopotamie. Je d\u00e9passe les autruches. Je cours si vite que je tra\u00eene le vent. Je frotte mon dos contre les palmiers. Je me roule dans les bambous. D\u2019un bond je saute les fleuves. Des colombes volent au-dessus de moi. Une vierge seule peut me brider.<\/em><br \/><em>Au galop&nbsp;! Au galop&nbsp;!<\/em><br \/><br \/>Antoine la regarde s\u2019enfuir.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1487\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Stefan-Fridolin-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Stefan-Fridolin-.jpg 1487w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Stefan-Fridolin--218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Stefan-Fridolin--768x1058.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Stefan-Fridolin--1115x1536.jpg 1115w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1487px) 100vw, 1487px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">La licorne peut aussi figurer parmi les d\u00e9mons tentant le Christ en retraite au d\u00e9sert, mais ils ne sont que rarement repr\u00e9sent\u00e9s par des animaux.<br \/><span style=\"color:#9e9e9e\" class=\"tadv-color\">Stefan Fridolin, <em>Schatzbehalter, oder, Schrein der wahren Reicht\u00fcmer des Heils unnd ewyger Seligkeit genant,<\/em> 1491<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gustave Flaubert est, au XIXe si\u00e8cle, &nbsp;le premier auteur \u00e0 citer, \u00e0 plusieurs reprises, la licorne parmi les d\u00e9mons venus troubler le premier ermite au d\u00e9sert. 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