fjt_127984 - FRENCH ACADEMY / ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE Académie Française, émission de 1776 n.d.
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Price : 24.00 €
Type : Académie Française, émission de 1776
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,43 g.
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LOUIS XVI ROI DE - FRANCE ET DE NAVAR..
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XVI, signé N.GA., type Guéant Prieur 712B.
Reverse
Reverse legend : PROTECTEUR DE L'ACADEMIE FRANCOISE A L'IMMORTALITE EN TROIS LIGNES.
Reverse description : dans une couronne de laurier.
Commentary
Ces jetons étaient distribués aux membres de l'Académie lors de leurs réunions du lundi, jeudi et samedi. On appelait " jetonniers " les académiciens remarqués pour leur assiduité aux réunions.
Ce jeton qui doit dater de 1776 a pu, par exemple, appartenir à Malesherbes.
These tokens were distributed to members of the Academy during their meetings on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Academicians noted for their regular attendance at meetings were called \\\"jetonniers.\\\" This token, which must date from 1776, could, for example, have belonged to Malesherbes.
Ce jeton qui doit dater de 1776 a pu, par exemple, appartenir à Malesherbes.
These tokens were distributed to members of the Academy during their meetings on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Academicians noted for their regular attendance at meetings were called \\\"jetonniers.\\\" This token, which must date from 1776, could, for example, have belonged to Malesherbes.
Historical background
FRENCH ACADEMY / ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE
The French Academy was founded in 1635, under the reign of Louis XIII, by Cardinal Richelieu, with the aim of embellishing and perfecting the French language, symbol of the power of the King and the State. It had to be "perfect, clear and precise, capable of marrying the twists and turns of thought, of supplanting Latin and of finishing off lexical and stylistic misuse." Monitoring the language, and therefore the writings, was also a means of thwarting political intrigues... The Academy receives as its seal the motto "to immortality" with a crown of laurels, and the care of writing the Dictionary of the language French. Reading advice: MASSON F., "History of the French Academy, 1629-1793", Paris, 1912.
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