Societé des Antiquaires de France
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The Société des Antiquaires de France (Society of Antiquaries of France) is a Parisian historical and archaeological society, founded in 1804 under the name of the Académie celtique (Celtic Academy). It is now based at the Louvre
, in the pavillon Mollien.
, Jacques Antoine Dulaure and Jacques Le Brigant on 9 germinal
Year XII (30 March 1804), with the goal of studying Gallic
civilization and French history and archaeology. Cambry was its first president, until his death in 1807. In 1813 it changed its name to the Société des Antiquaires de France, after the Society of Antiquaries of London
, and from 1814 to 1848 it changed again to the Société royale des antiquaires de France under the Bourbon Restoration
. According to the regime in France, it was then called the Société impériale des antiquaires de France or Société nationale des antiquaires de France, but it re-assumed its present name in 1871, and has not changed it since.
Since its foundation it has published a collection of Mémoire
s, and of Bulletins, as well as an annual directory of its members.
Louvre
The Musée du Louvre – in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre – is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement...
, in the pavillon Mollien.
History
The Académie celtique was founded by prefect Jacques CambryJacques Cambry
Jacques Cambry was a Breton writer and expert in Celtic France. An early proponent of what came to be called Celtomania, he was the founder of the Celtic Academy, the forerunner of the Societé des Antiquaires de France...
, Jacques Antoine Dulaure and Jacques Le Brigant on 9 germinal
Germinal
Germinal is the thirteenth novel in Émile Zola's twenty-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart. Often considered Zola's masterpiece and one of the most significant novels in the French tradition, the novel – an uncompromisingly harsh and realistic story of a coalminers' strike in northern France...
Year XII (30 March 1804), with the goal of studying Gallic
Gaul
Gaul was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age and Roman era, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg and Belgium, most of Switzerland, the western part of Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the left bank of the Rhine. The Gauls were the speakers of...
civilization and French history and archaeology. Cambry was its first president, until his death in 1807. In 1813 it changed its name to the Société des Antiquaires de France, after the Society of Antiquaries of London
Society of Antiquaries of London
The Society of Antiquaries of London is a learned society "charged by its Royal Charter of 1751 with 'the encouragement, advancement and furtherance of the study and knowledge of the antiquities and history of this and other countries'." It is based at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London , and is...
, and from 1814 to 1848 it changed again to the Société royale des antiquaires de France under the Bourbon Restoration
Bourbon Restoration
The Bourbon Restoration is the name given to the period following the successive events of the French Revolution , the end of the First Republic , and then the forcible end of the First French Empire under Napoleon – when a coalition of European powers restored by arms the monarchy to the...
. According to the regime in France, it was then called the Société impériale des antiquaires de France or Société nationale des antiquaires de France, but it re-assumed its present name in 1871, and has not changed it since.
Since its foundation it has published a collection of Mémoire
Mémoire
In French culture, the word mémoire, as in un mémoire is used for a piece of writing allowing the author to show his or her opinion on a given subject, logically approaching a series of facts in order to arrive at a recommendation or conclusion...
s, and of Bulletins, as well as an annual directory of its members.
Members
Its members have included- Gabriel Peignot
- Gustave de Clausade
- Jean-François Le GonidecJean-François Le GonidecJean François Marie Le Gonidec de Kerdaniel was a Breton grammarian who codified the Breton language.He played an important role in the history of his native language by initiating a reform of its orthography, producing an orderly grammar and making the first Breton translation of the New Testament...
- Léopold Delisle
- Fortia d’Urban
- Philippe ContaminePhilippe ContaminePhilippe Contamine, born 7 May 1932 in Metz, is a French historian of the Middle Ages who specialises in military history and the history of the nobility....
, its present secrétaire
Publications
- Histoire ancienne des Saliens, nation ligurienne ou celtique, et des Saliens, prêtres de Mars : précédée par l’Histoire des Liguriens, et des Mémoires sur l’origine de l’Académie Celtique. Paris, 1805, de Fortia d’Urban, chez Xhrouet.
- Mémoires de l’Académie Celtique ou Mémoires d’antiquités Celtiques, Gauloises et Françaises, Publiés par l'Académie Celtique, et dédiés à Sa Majesté l’Impératrice et Reine. Paris, L.-P. Dubray, 1810. par M. Lanjuinais - Eloi Johanneau - Alexandre LenoirAlexandre LenoirMarie Alexandre Lenoir was a French archaeologist. Self-taught and devoted to saving France's historic monuments, sculptures and tombs from the ravages of the French Revolution, notably those of Saint-Denis and Sainte-Geneviève.- Life :The ravages of the Revolution caused the birth of the Musée...
- T. de Saint-Mars - de Noual de La Houssaye - Hetzdrodt - Saguez de Breuvery - Henry - Murith - Bridel - Baudouin de Maisonblanche - A. de Blois. - Table alphabétique des publications de l’Académie celtique et de la société des antiquaires de France (1807-1889). Paris, Klincksieck, 1894. de Maurice Prou.