Academy of Inscriptions and Fine Literature

Institute of France

The Academy of Inscriptions and Fine Literature ( French Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres ), the former royal, is a French scholarly society in the field of humanities , one of five members of the Institute of France .

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History

The Academy was founded in February 1663 by the efforts of the Minister of Finance, Jean-Baptiste Colbert , called the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Medals , as a small community of experts on history and antiquity . The initial task of the Academy was to compose Latin inscriptions and slogans for monuments and medals in honor of King Louis XIV . Later, she united humanities scholars in the fields of history, archeology and linguistics . Colbert attached great importance to the Academy of Inscriptions , because “inscriptions on medals, monuments, stelae live longer than books and paintings” ^[1] .

Since 1701, the Academy of Inscriptions and Medals has been the official state institution; renamed the Academy of Inscriptions and Fine Literature in 1716 .

She studied and continues to study historical monuments and documents, languages and cultures of ancient civilizations, the Middle Ages and the classical period , as well as non-European civilizations.

Famous Academy Members

Chaplin, Jean (1663)
Perrault, Charles (1663)
Rensan, Pierre (1683)
Racine, Jean (1683)
Boileau, Nicola (1683)
Wayne, Jean Foix (1702)
Monfocon, Bernard de (1719)
Dutant, Louis (1775)
Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques (1776)
Brunk, Richard Franz Philippe (1777)
Gosslen, Pascal-Francois-Joseph (1795)
Boissonade, Jean Francois Fontaraben de (1816)
Bio, Edward Constant (1847)
Butarik, Edgar (1876 ^[2] )
Potier, Edmond (1899)
Edmond Faral (1936)
Favier, Robert (1951)
Guillen, Jean (2011)

Notes

↑ Boyko S.P. Charles Perrault. - M .: Young Guard, 2005 .-- 304 p. - (The life of wonderful people). - ISBN 978-5-235-02828-9 .
↑ Butarik, Edgar-Paul // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.

Links

Official site
French Institute // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.

[1] Boyko S.P. Charles Perrault. - M .: Young Guard, 2005 .-- 304 p. - (The life of wonderful people). - ISBN 978-5-235-02828-9 .

[Викитека_ЭСБЕ-2] Butarik, Edgar-Paul // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.