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93: 183:, first published in 1702. A second edition was published in 1723, eight years after Louis' death. Each page of the catalogue featured engraved images of the obverse and reverse of a single medal, followed by a lengthy description of the event upon which it was based. The second edition added some medals for events prior to 1700 which were not included in the first volume, and in some cases the images of medals in the earlier edition were altered, resulting in an improved version. The catalogues may therefore be seen as an artistic effort to enhance the king's image, rather than as an accurate historical record. 33: 200:
Today the academy is composed of fifty-five French members, forty associate foreign members, fifty French corresponding members, and fifty foreign corresponding members. The seats are distributed evenly among "orientalists" (scholars of Asia and the Islamic world, from ancient times), "antiquists"
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inscriptions to be written on public monuments and medals issued to celebrate the events of Louis' reign. However, under Colbert's management, the Académie performed many additional roles, such as determining the art that would decorate the
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primarily concerned with the study of the monuments, the documents, the languages, and the cultures of the civilizations of antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the classical period, as well as those of non-European civilizations.
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with the broader goal of elevating the prestige of the French monarchy using physical symbols uncovered or recovered through the methods of classical erudition.
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increased the membership to eight. In 1701 its membership was expanded to 40 and reorganized under the leadership of
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Zarucchi, Jeanne Morgan (1994). "Ludovicus Heroicus: The Visual and Verbal Iconography of the Medal".
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Notes on the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres from the Scholarly Societies project
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Médailles sur les événements du règne de Louis le Grand, avec des explications historiques
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Zarucchi, Jeanne Morgan (1998). "Medals Catalogues of Louis XIV: Art and Propaganda".
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Prix d'histoire des religions de la fondation "Les Amis de Pierre-Antoine Bernheim"
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Publications of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (1710-1843)
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The Académie produced a catalogue of medals created in honor of Louis XIV,
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Grand Prix d'archéologie de la Fondation Simone et Cino del Duca
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1683–1745: Oriental and Chinese languages in eighteenth ...
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Perrault, Charles (1989). Zarucchi, Jeanne Morgan (ed.).
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Alexandre Maurice Blanc de Lanautte, Comte d'Hauterive
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The Académie originated in 1663 as a council of four
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Subvention Max Serres de la Fondation Eve Delacroix
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Index

Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres

Jean Chapelain
[akademidez‿ɛ̃skʁipsjɔ̃ebɛllɛtʁ]
learned society
history
Institut de France
epigraphy
Belles-lettres

Institut de France
humanists
Jean Chapelain
François Charpentier
Jacques Cassagne
Amable de Bourzeys
Charles Perrault
King Louis XIV
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Latin
Palace of Versailles
Minister Louvois
Chancellor Pontchartrain
Louvre
Volney Prize
Prix Ambatielos
Prix des antiquités de la France
Prix Bordin
Prix du budget
Prix Honoré Chavée

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