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Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres

October 20, 2023

The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (French pronunciation: [akademi dez‿ɛ̃skʁipsjɔ̃ e bɛl lɛtʁ]) is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France. The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions (epigraphy) and historical literature (see Belles-lettres).

Jean Chapelain, one of the five founding members of the Académie

History Edit

 
Institut de France in Paris, the seat of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres

The Académie originated in 1663 as a council of four humanists, "scholars who were the most versed in the knowledge of history and antiquity": Jean Chapelain, François Charpentier, Jacques Cassagne, Amable de Bourzeys, and Charles Perrault.[1] In another source, Perrault is not mentioned, and other original members are named as François Charpentier and a M. Douvrier.[2] The organizer was King Louis XIV's finance minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert. Its first name was the Académie royale des Inscriptions et Médailles, and its mission was to compose or obtain Latin inscriptions to be written on public monuments and medals issued to celebrate the events of Louis' reign. However, under Colbert's management, the Académie performed many additional roles, such as determining the art that would decorate the Palace of Versailles.[3]

In 1683 Minister Louvois increased the membership to eight.[2] In 1701 its membership was expanded to 40 and reorganized under the leadership of Chancellor Pontchartrain. It met twice a week at the Louvre, its members began to receive significant pensions, and was made an official state institution on the king's decree.[4] In January 1716 it was permanently renamed to the Académie royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres with the broader goal of elevating the prestige of the French monarchy using physical symbols uncovered or recovered through the methods of classical erudition.

The Académie produced a catalogue of medals created in honor of Louis XIV, Médailles sur les événements du règne de Louis le Grand, avec des explications historiques, first published in 1702. A second edition was published in 1723, eight years after Louis' death. Each page of the catalogue featured engraved images of the obverse and reverse of a single medal, followed by a lengthy description of the event upon which it was based.[5] The second edition added some medals for events prior to 1700 which were not included in the first volume, and in some cases the images of medals in the earlier edition were altered, resulting in an improved version. The catalogues may therefore be seen as an artistic effort to enhance the king's image, rather than as an accurate historical record.[6]

Role Edit

In the words of the Académie's charter, it is:

primarily concerned with the study of the monuments, the documents, the languages, and the cultures of the civilizations of antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the classical period, as well as those of non-European civilizations.

Today the academy is composed of fifty-five French members, forty associate foreign members, fifty French corresponding members, and fifty foreign corresponding members. The seats are distributed evenly among "orientalists" (scholars of Asia and the Islamic world, from ancient times), "antiquists" (scholars of Greece, Rome, and Gaul, including archaeologists, numismatists, philologists and historians), "medievalists", and a fourth miscellaneous group of linguists, law historians, historians of religion, historians of thought, and prehistorians.[4]

The Volney Prize is awarded by the Institut de France, based on the proposal of the Académie. It publishes Mémoires.

Prizes, grants and medals awarded by the Académie Edit

Prizes[7]

  • Prix Ambatielos
  • Prix d'histoire des religions de la fondation "Les Amis de Pierre-Antoine Bernheim"
  • Prix des antiquités de la France
  • Prix Emile Benveniste
  • Prix Bordin
  • Prix du budget
  • Prix Honoré Chavée
  • Prix Croiset
  • Prix Duchalais
  • Prix Paule Dumesnil
  • Prix Roman et Tania Ghirshman
  • Prix Gobert
  • Prix Hirayama
  • Prix de la Grange
  • Prix Serge Lancel
  • Prix Raymond et Simone Lantier
  • Prix Marie-Françoise et Jean Leclant
  • Prix Gaston Maspero
  • Prix Jean-Charles Perrot
  • Prix George Perrot
  • Prix Jeanine et Roland Plottel
  • Prix Saintour
  • Prix Émile Sénart
  • Prix Léon Vandermeesch
  • Prix de l'Institut de France 2018
  • Prix de la Fondation Colette Caillat
  • Grand Prix d'archéologie de la Fondation Simone et Cino del Duca
  • Prix Jean_Edouard Goby
  • Prix Hugot
  • Prix Stanislas Julien

Grants

  • Subvention Louis de Clercq
  • Bourse Courtois
  • Subvention de la Fondation Dourlans
  • Subvention Garnier-Lestamy
  • Subvention Max Serres de la Fondation Eve Delacroix
  • Bourse Jacques Vandier

Medals

  • Médailles des Antiquités de la France
  • Médaille Jean-Jacques Berger
  • Médaille Clermont-Ganneau
  • Médaille du Baron de Courcel
  • Médaille Delalande-Guérineau
  • Médaille Drouin
  • Médaille Alfred Dutens
  • Médaille Fould
  • Médaille Gobert
  • Médaille Stanislas Julien
  • Médaille le Fèvre-Deumier
  • Médaille Gustave Mendel
  • Médaille Gabriel-Auguste Prost

Prominent members Edit

Further information: Category:Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres

Publications Edit

  • Publications of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (1710-1843)

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ Perrault, Charles (1989). Zarucchi, Jeanne Morgan (ed.). Charles Perrault: Memoirs of My Life. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press. pp. 42-43. ISBN 0826206670.
  2. ^ a b Etienne Fourmont, 1683–1745: Oriental and Chinese languages in eighteenth ... By Cécile Leung, page 51
  3. ^ "Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Literature." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Reed Benhamou. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0000.217 (accessed April 1, 2015). Originally published as "Academie Royale Des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 1:52 (Paris, 1751).
  4. ^ a b . Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (in French). Archived from the original on 3 December 2001. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  5. ^ Zarucchi, Jeanne Morgan (1994). "Ludovicus Heroicus: The Visual and Verbal Iconography of the Medal". EMF: Early Modern France. 1 (1): 131–42.
  6. ^ Zarucchi, Jeanne Morgan (1998). "Medals Catalogues of Louis XIV: Art and Propaganda". Source: Notes in the History of Art. 17 (4): 26–34. doi:10.1086/sou.17.4.23205144. S2CID 193105842.
  7. ^ "Palmarès 2018". Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (in French). 9 January 2017.

External links Edit

  • Official website

October 20, 2023
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The Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres French pronunciation akademi dez ɛ skʁipsjɔ e bɛl lɛtʁ is a French learned society devoted to history founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France The academy s scope was the study of ancient inscriptions epigraphy and historical literature see Belles lettres Jean Chapelain one of the five founding members of the Academie Contents 1 History 2 Role 3 Prizes grants and medals awarded by the Academie 4 Prominent members 5 Publications 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksHistory Edit nbsp Institut de France in Paris the seat of the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles LettresThe Academie originated in 1663 as a council of four humanists scholars who were the most versed in the knowledge of history and antiquity Jean Chapelain Francois Charpentier Jacques Cassagne Amable de Bourzeys and Charles Perrault 1 In another source Perrault is not mentioned and other original members are named as Francois Charpentier and a M Douvrier 2 The organizer was King Louis XIV s finance minister Jean Baptiste Colbert Its first name was the Academie royale des Inscriptions et Medailles and its mission was to compose or obtain Latin inscriptions to be written on public monuments and medals issued to celebrate the events of Louis reign However under Colbert s management the Academie performed many additional roles such as determining the art that would decorate the Palace of Versailles 3 In 1683 Minister Louvois increased the membership to eight 2 In 1701 its membership was expanded to 40 and reorganized under the leadership of Chancellor Pontchartrain It met twice a week at the Louvre its members began to receive significant pensions and was made an official state institution on the king s decree 4 In January 1716 it was permanently renamed to the Academie royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres with the broader goal of elevating the prestige of the French monarchy using physical symbols uncovered or recovered through the methods of classical erudition The Academie produced a catalogue of medals created in honor of Louis XIV Medailles sur les evenements du regne de Louis le Grand avec des explications historiques first published in 1702 A second edition was published in 1723 eight years after Louis death Each page of the catalogue featured engraved images of the obverse and reverse of a single medal followed by a lengthy description of the event upon which it was based 5 The second edition added some medals for events prior to 1700 which were not included in the first volume and in some cases the images of medals in the earlier edition were altered resulting in an improved version The catalogues may therefore be seen as an artistic effort to enhance the king s image rather than as an accurate historical record 6 Role EditIn the words of the Academie s charter it is primarily concerned with the study of the monuments the documents the languages and the cultures of the civilizations of antiquity the Middle Ages and the classical period as well as those of non European civilizations Today the academy is composed of fifty five French members forty associate foreign members fifty French corresponding members and fifty foreign corresponding members The seats are distributed evenly among orientalists scholars of Asia and the Islamic world from ancient times antiquists scholars of Greece Rome and Gaul including archaeologists numismatists philologists and historians medievalists and a fourth miscellaneous group of linguists law historians historians of religion historians of thought and prehistorians 4 The Volney Prize is awarded by the Institut de France based on the proposal of the Academie It publishes Memoires Prizes grants and medals awarded by the Academie EditPrizes 7 Prix Ambatielos Prix d histoire des religions de la fondation Les Amis de Pierre Antoine Bernheim Prix des antiquites de la France Prix Emile Benveniste Prix Bordin Prix du budget Prix Honore Chavee Prix Croiset Prix Duchalais Prix Paule Dumesnil Prix Roman et Tania Ghirshman Prix Gobert Prix Hirayama Prix de la Grange Prix Serge Lancel Prix Raymond et Simone Lantier Prix Marie Francoise et Jean Leclant Prix Gaston Maspero Prix Jean Charles Perrot Prix George Perrot Prix Jeanine et Roland Plottel Prix Saintour Prix Emile Senart Prix Leon Vandermeesch Prix de l Institut de France 2018 Prix de la Fondation Colette Caillat Grand Prix d archeologie de la Fondation Simone et Cino del Duca Prix Jean Edouard Goby Prix Hugot Prix Stanislas JulienGrants Subvention Louis de Clercq Bourse Courtois Subvention de la Fondation Dourlans Subvention Garnier Lestamy Subvention Max Serres de la Fondation Eve Delacroix Bourse Jacques VandierMedals Medailles des Antiquites de la France Medaille Jean Jacques Berger Medaille Clermont Ganneau Medaille du Baron de Courcel Medaille Delalande Guerineau Medaille Drouin Medaille Alfred Dutens Medaille Fould Medaille Gobert Medaille Stanislas Julien Medaille le Fevre Deumier Medaille Gustave Mendel Medaille Gabriel Auguste ProstProminent members EditFurther information Category Members of the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres Eugene Albertini Antoine Anselme Jean Sylvain Bailly Anatole Jean Baptiste Antoine de Barthelemy Charles Batteux Pierre Louis Jean Casimir de Blacas Michel Breal Antoine Leonard de Chezy Charles Simon Clermont Ganneau Jean Baptiste Colbert Henri Cordier Andre Dacier Leopold Delisle Jean Denis comte Lanjuinais Gabriel Deveria Louis Duchesne Emile Egger Jean Baptiste Benoit Eyries Andre Felibien Jean Francois Boissonade de Fontarabie Nicolas Freret Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle Etienne Fourmont Antoine Galland Ernst Hoepffner Pierre Amedee Jaubert Stanislas Julien Alexandre Maurice Blanc de Lanautte Comte d Hauterive Pierre Henri Larcher Jean Lebeuf Edmond Le Blant Charles Francois Lebrun duc de Plaisance Jean Leclant Emile Littre Leonardo Lopez Lujan Jean Mabillon Louis Ferdinand Alfred Maury Joachim Menant Franz Miklosich Agenor Azema de Montgravier Jean Marie Pardessus Alexis Paulin Paris Claude Emmanuel de Pastoret Armand Pierre Caussin de Perceval Charles Perrault Francois Pouqueville Louis Racine Charles Frederic Reinhard Jacques Nicolas Augustin Thierry Jacques de Tourreil Anne Robert Jacques Turgot Baron de Laune Joseph Vendryes William Henry Waddington Charles Athanase Walckenaer Henri Alexandre WallonPublications EditPublications of the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres 1710 1843 See also EditFrench art salons and academiesReferences Edit Perrault Charles 1989 Zarucchi Jeanne Morgan ed Charles Perrault Memoirs of My Life Columbia Missouri University of Missouri Press pp 42 43 ISBN 0826206670 a b Etienne Fourmont 1683 1745 Oriental and Chinese languages in eighteenth By Cecile Leung page 51 Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Literature The Encyclopedia of Diderot amp d Alembert Collaborative Translation Project Translated by Reed Benhamou Ann Arbor Michigan Publishing University of Michigan Library 2003 http hdl handle net 2027 spo did2222 0000 217 accessed April 1 2015 Originally published as Academie Royale Des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres Encyclopedie ou Dictionnaire raisonne des sciences des arts et des metiers 1 52 Paris 1751 a b Membres Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres in French Archived from the original on 3 December 2001 Retrieved 1 May 2014 Zarucchi Jeanne Morgan 1994 Ludovicus Heroicus The Visual and Verbal Iconography of the Medal EMF Early Modern France 1 1 131 42 Zarucchi Jeanne Morgan 1998 Medals Catalogues of Louis XIV Art and Propaganda Source Notes in the History of Art 17 4 26 34 doi 10 1086 sou 17 4 23205144 S2CID 193105842 Palmares 2018 Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres in French 9 January 2017 External links EditOfficial website Notes on the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres from the Scholarly Societies project Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Academie 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