fjt_058720 - LANGUEDOC TOWNS AND GENTRY Jeux floraux de Toulouse 1819
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Price : 15.00 €
Type : Jeux floraux de Toulouse
Date: (1860-1879)
Date: 1819
Metal : copper
Diameter : 35 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : (abeille) CUIVRE
Obverse
Obverse legend : CLEMEN. ISAURA LUD. FLORAL. RESTAURATRIX.
Obverse description : Buste féminin à gauche, voilé, une lyre dans le champ droit, au-dessous signature EUGENE DUBOIS F.
Obverse translation : (Clémence Isaure, restauratrice des jeux floraux).
Reverse
Reverse legend : HIS IDEM SEMPER HONOS// M. DCCC. XIX.
Reverse description : Bouquet de fleurs variées.
Reverse translation : (Par ces fleurs toujours la même beauté).
Commentary
Ces jeux, organisés à Toulouse, mettaient en compétition des poètes et des musiciens sous l'égide de la nymphe Flore. En 1817, l'un des lauréats fut Victor Hugo, alors âgé de quinze ans.
These games, held in Toulouse, pitted poets and musicians against each other under the aegis of the nymph Flora. In 1817, one of the winners was Victor Hugo, then aged fifteen.
These games, held in Toulouse, pitted poets and musicians against each other under the aegis of the nymph Flora. In 1817, one of the winners was Victor Hugo, then aged fifteen.
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