Live auction - fjt_1167527 - UNIVERSITÉ DE PARIS Robert de Sorbon - LA SORBONNE 1642

UNIVERSITÉ DE PARIS Robert de Sorbon - LA SORBONNE AU

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Type : Robert de Sorbon - LA SORBONNE

Date: 1642

Metal : silver

Diameter : 32 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 12,11 g.

Edge : lisse

Puncheon : sans poinçon

Coments on the condition:

Patine grise hétérogène avec de l’usure sur les reliefs. Quelques taches d’oxydation et marques d’usure

Catalogue references :

F.4431 - Corre.4570

Predigree :

Collection Henri Labouret

Obverse

Obverse legend : ROBERT. DE SORBONA - FUNDAVIT AN. 1253.

Obverse description : Buste à mi-corps de face de Robert de Sorbon.

Obverse translation : Robert de Sorbon la fonda en 1253.

Reverse

Reverse legend : CARD9. DUX DE RICHELIEU - INSTAURAVIT AN9. 1642, À L'EXERGUE SORBONA.

Reverse description : Façade de la Sorbonne ; à l'exergue : SORBONA ; à 7 heures la signature du graveur : BERNIER.

Reverse translation : Le cardinal de Richelieu la restaura en 1642 ; à l'exergue : Sorbonne.

Commentary

Robert de Sorbon est né à Sorbon près de Rethel en 1201. Chapelain de Saint-Louis, il fonde une société d’ecclésiastiques séculiers occupés par l’étude et qui enseignent gratuitement. Chanoine de Paris en 1258, il est le premier proviseur de la congrégation. Il meurt en 1274.
Robert de Sorbon was born in Sorbon near Rethel in 1201. Chaplain of Saint-Louis, he founded a society of secular clergymen who were dedicated to study and who taught for free. Canon of Paris in 1258, he was the first headmaster of the congregation. He died in 1274.