Robert Marichal, (20 March 1904 – 23 October 1999) was a 20th-century French

palaeographer Palaeography ( UK) or paleography ( US) (ultimately from , , 'old', and , , 'to write') is the study and academic discipline of historical writing systems. It encompasses the historicity of manuscripts and texts, subsuming deciphering and dati ...

and

archivist An archivist is an information professional who assesses, collects, organizes, preserves, maintains control over, and provides access to records and archives determined to have long-term value. The records maintained by an archivist can cons ...

Career

A student at the

École Nationale des Chartes The École Nationale des Chartes (; ) is a French ''grande école'' and a constituent college of Université PSL, specialising in the auxiliary sciences of history, historical sciences. It was founded in 1821, and was located initially at the A ...

, Robert Marichal obtained his archivist palaeographer degree in 1927 with a thesis entitled ''Les traductions provençales du Livre de Sidrach, précédées d'un classement des manuscrits français''. He was then a curator at the Archives nationales from 1929 to 1949. Professor of French language and literature from the Middle Ages at the faculty of letters of the

Institut catholique de Paris The Institut catholique de Paris (, abbr. ICP), known in English as the Catholic University of Paris (and in Latin as ''Universitas catholica Parisiensis''), is a private university located in Paris, France. History: 1875–present The Institut ...

(1930-1974), he was a POW between 1940 and 1945, assigned to the

Egyptian Museum of Berlin The Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection of Berlin () is home to one of the world's most important collections of ancient Egyptian artefacts, including the Nefertiti Bust. Since 1855, the collection is a part of the Neues Museum on Berlin's ...

where he studied the papyrus collection. From 1949 until 1974, he was director of Latin and French palaeography studies at the

École pratique des hautes études The (), abbreviated EPHE, is a French postgraduate top level educational institution, a . EPHE is a constituent college of the Université PSL (together with ENS Ulm, Paris Dauphine or Ecole des Mines). The college is closely linked to É ...

, where he succeeded Charles Samaran. From 1959 to 1985, he was professor of history of languages and scripts at the of the Institut catholique de Paris, of which he was director from 1965 to 1985. Robert Marichal was also president of the IVe section (Section of Historical and Philological Sciences) of the École pratique des hautes études (1969-1974).

Works

* Alongside Charles Samaran, Robert Marichal was one of the main architects of the founding of the International Committee for Latin Palaeography * Robert Marichal and Albert Bruckner published the first twelve volumes of the ''Chartae latinae antiquiores'' (ChLA). Robert Marichal was left single publishing director after the death of Albert Bruckner, occurred December 10, 1985, and until 1994, when he was replaced by Hartmut Atsma and Jean Vezin.

Romance studies

*1935:

François Rabelais François Rabelais ( , ; ; born between 1483 and 1494; died 1553) was a French writer who has been called the first great French prose author. A Renaissance humanism, humanist of the French Renaissance and Greek scholars in the Renaissance, Gr ...

, ''Pantagruel'', Lyon (introduction by

Abel Lefranc Maurice Jules Abel Lefranc (27 July 1863 – 26 November 1952) was a historian of French literature, expert on Rabelais, and the principal advocate of the Derbyite theory of Shakespeare authorship. Early life Lefranc was born in Élincourt-S ...

). *1937: ''Le Théâtre en France au Moyen Age. Textes choisis. I. Drames liturgiques et théâtre religieux du XIIe et XIIIe siècle'', Paris. *1947: François Rabelais, ''Le quart Livre'', Lille/Genf, Droz. *1956:

Marguerite de Navarre Marguerite de Navarre (, ''Marguerite d'Alençon''; 11 April 149221 December 1549), also known as Marguerite of Angoulême and Margaret of Navarre, was a princess of France, Duchess of Alençon and Berry, and Queen of Navarre by her second mar ...

, ''La Navire, ou Consolation du roi François Ier à sa soeur Marguerite'', Paris, Éditions Champion. *1971: Marguerite de Navarre, ''La coche'', Genf/Paris, Droz/Minard.

Old philology and history

*1946: ''L'Occupation romaine de la Basse-Egypte. Le statut des "auxilia"'', Paris, Droz, (Emerged from his work in the Egyptian Museum Berlin in German captivity). *1954–1998: with Albert Bruckner) ''Chartae latinae antiquiores. Facsimile-edition of the latin charters prior to the ninth century'', 49 Bde., Olten/Lausanne, Urs Graf Verlag, (with collaborators from volume 13). *1959–1985: (with Charles Samaran) ''Catalogue des manuscrits en écriture latine portant des indications de date, de lieu ou de copiste'', 7 Bde., Paris,

Centre national de la recherche scientifique The French National Centre for Scientific Research (, , CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. In 2016, it employed 31,637 staff, including 11,137 tenured researchers, 13,415 eng ...

. *1987: ''Le Livre des prieurs de Sorbonne 1431-1485. Texte critique'', Paris, Aux amateurs de livres. *1988: ''Les Graffites de La Graufesenque'', Paris, Éditions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique. *1992: ''Les

ostraca An ostracon (Greek language, Greek: ''ostrakon'', plural ''ostraka'') is a piece of pottery, usually broken off from a vase or other earthenware vessel. In an archaeology, archaeological or epigraphy, epigraphical context, ''ostraca'' refer ...

de Bu Njem'', Tripoli, Département des antiquités, Assraya al hamra / Paris, Boccard.

External links

Jean Mallon, Robert Marichal, Charles Perrat, ''L'écriture latine de la capitale romaine la minuscule''
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Obituary
by Jean Vezin, ''Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes'', 160/2, 2002, (p. 733–736)
Robert Marichal
on Librairie Droz {{DEFAULTSORT:Marichal, Robert French archivists French medievalists French palaeographers École Nationale des Chartes alumni Academic staff of the Catholic University of Paris Academic staff of the École pratique des hautes études Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Knights of the Legion of Honour Knights Commander of the Order of St Gregory the Great 1904 births 1999 deaths