Regale Accademia Ercolanese

Regale Accademia Ercolanese =
Royal Herculaneum Academy

Founding of the Society

Year Authority / Notes

1755 According to Maylender (1926-1930), v.2, p.281, on 1755, December 13, Carlo III di Borbone, King of the Two Sicilies, founded the Regale Accademia Ercolanese.
According to Maylender (1926-1930), v.2, p.283, the Academy dissolved in 1779, but was reconstituted as the Real Accademia Ercolanese [possibly a misprint for Reale Accademia Ercolanese] by a decree of 1787, April 15 of Ferdinando IV (son and successor of Carlo III).
NOTE: Nicolini (1974), p.21 refers to the Academy as the Regia Accademia Ercolanense (note the 2nd n in the 3rd word). The Società Nazionale di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti in Napoli website () refers to the Academy as the Reale Accademia Ercolanense (again, note the 2nd n in the 3rd word).
The Academy published a number of monographs from 1757 to 1792 (Maylender (1926-1930), v.2, p.282). Then, in 1793 (Maylender (1926-1930), v.2, p.285) the Academy published vol.1 of Herculanensium Voluminum quae supersunt; and in 1797 they published what appears to be a companion volume entitled Dissertationis Isagogicae ad Herculanensium Voluminum Explanationem. Pars prima. After publishing these two volumes, the Academy ceased meeting.
According to Maylender (1926-1930), v.2, p.285, under the French regime, Napoleon Bonaparte established in Naples by a decree of 1807, March 17 the Accademia di Storia ed Antichità, transferring to it the duties of the ceased Accademia Ercolanese. This new Academy passed over next year (1808) to the newly formed Società Reale, which was sub-divided into three academies: (1) Accademia di Storia e Belle Lettere, (2) Accademia delle Scienze, and (3) Accademia di Belle Arte. That is, it evidently passed over into the Accademia di Storia e Belle Lettere.
Although the Società Nazionale di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti in Napoli website () does not refer to the Reale Accademia Ercolanese as a direct antecedent of the Società, but rather an indirect antecedent, a major publication began by the Reale Accademia Ercolanese was continued by the Società Nazionale: the Herculanensium Voluminum quae supersunt. There was clearly a close connection between the two bodies, if not a direct ancestral one.
More historical information on this Academy is found in Maylender (1926-1930), v.2, pp.280-286 and Nicolini (1974), pp.21-26.

Seat of the Society

City Authority / Notes

Naples
Italy This location is supported by Maylender (1926-1930), v.2, p.280.

Name of the Society

Dates Name Authority

1755, December 13 - 1779 Regale Accademia Ercolanese Maylender (1926-1930), v.2, p.281, gives the start date and name; p.283 gives the end date for this name.

1787, April 15 - 1797 Real Accademia Ercolanese = Reale Accademia Ercolanese = Reale Accademia Ercolanense Maylender (1926-1930), v.2, p.283, gives the start date and first name; p.285 gives the end date for this name; the first name may be a misprint for the second name; Società Nazionale di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti in Napoli website () gives the third name.

1807, March 17 - 1808 Accademia di Storia ed Antichità Maylender (1926-1930), v.2, p.285, gives the start and end date for this name.

Journals of the Society

Years Full Journal Title Abbrev. Indexed
1793
(T.1)

A Herculanensium Voluminum quae supersunt
One of the records in the GBV German Union cat. gives the title as Herculanensium Voluminum quæ supersunt (i.e. with the ae ligature in the third word).

Continued by the same title published by Accademia Ercolanese di Archeologia (or, as it was first called, the Accademia di Storia e Belle Lettere), one of the constituent academies of the Società Reale di Napoli, founded 1808.

[Bib. Naz. Napoli cat.; GBV German Union cat.]

1797

B Dissertationis Isagogicae ad Herculanensium Voluminum Explanationem. Pars prima
Evidently a companion volume to A.

[Bib. Naz. Napoli cat.]

Regale Accademia Ercolanese = Royal Herculaneum Academy
Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1755	According to Maylender (1926-1930), v.2, p.281, on 1755, December 13, Carlo III di Borbone, King of the Two Sicilies, founded the Regale Accademia Ercolanese. According to Maylender (1926-1930), v.2, p.283, the Academy dissolved in 1779, but was reconstituted as the Real Accademia Ercolanese [possibly a misprint for Reale Accademia Ercolanese] by a decree of 1787, April 15 of Ferdinando IV (son and successor of Carlo III). NOTE: Nicolini (1974), p.21 refers to the Academy as the Regia Accademia Ercolanense (note the 2nd n in the 3rd word). The Società Nazionale di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti in Napoli website () refers to the Academy as the Reale Accademia Ercolanense (again, note the 2nd n in the 3rd word). The Academy published a number of monographs from 1757 to 1792 (Maylender (1926-1930), v.2, p.282). Then, in 1793 (Maylender (1926-1930), v.2, p.285) the Academy published vol.1 of *Herculanensium Voluminum quae supersunt; and in 1797 they published what appears to be a companion volume entitled Dissertationis Isagogicae ad Herculanensium Voluminum Explanationem. Pars prima. After publishing these two volumes, the Academy ceased meeting. According to Maylender (1926-1930), v.2, p.285, under the French regime, Napoleon Bonaparte established in Naples by a decree of 1807, March 17 the Accademia di Storia ed Antichità, transferring to it the duties of the ceased Accademia Ercolanese. This new Academy passed over next year (1808) to the newly formed Società Reale, which was sub-divided into three academies: (1) Accademia di Storia e Belle Lettere, (2) Accademia delle Scienze, and (3) Accademia di Belle Arte. That is, it evidently passed over into the Accademia di Storia e Belle Lettere. Although the Società Nazionale di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti in Napoli* website () does *not* refer to the Reale Accademia Ercolanese as a direct antecedent of the Società, but rather an indirect antecedent, a major publication began by the Reale Accademia Ercolanese was continued by the Società Nazionale: the *Herculanensium Voluminum quae supersunt*. There was clearly a close connection between the two bodies, if not a direct ancestral one. More historical information on this Academy is found in Maylender (1926-1930), v.2, pp.280-286 and Nicolini (1974), pp.21-26.
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Naples Italy	This location is supported by Maylender (1926-1930), v.2, p.280.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1755, December 13 - 1779	*Regale Accademia Ercolanese*	Maylender (1926-1930), v.2, p.281, gives the start date and name; p.283 gives the end date for this name.
1787, April 15 - 1797	*Real Accademia Ercolanese = Reale Accademia Ercolanese = Reale Accademia Ercolanense*	Maylender (1926-1930), v.2, p.283, gives the start date and first name; p.285 gives the end date for this name; the first name may be a misprint for the second name; Società Nazionale di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti in Napoli website () gives the third name.
1807, March 17 - 1808	*Accademia di Storia ed Antichità*	Maylender (1926-1930), v.2, p.285, gives the start and end date for this name.

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.	Indexed
1793 (T.1) A	*Herculanensium Voluminum quae supersunt* One of the records in the GBV German Union cat. gives the title as *Herculanensium Voluminum quæ supersunt* (i.e. with the ae ligature in the third word). Continued by the same title published by Accademia Ercolanese di Archeologia (or, as it was first called, the Accademia di Storia e Belle Lettere), one of the constituent academies of the Società Reale di Napoli, founded 1808. [Bib. Naz. Napoli cat.; GBV German Union cat.]
1797 B	*Dissertationis Isagogicae ad Herculanensium Voluminum Explanationem. Pars prima* Evidently a companion volume to A. [Bib. Naz. Napoli cat.]