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1755 - 1797
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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.
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