August Molinier (September 30, 1851 - May 19, 1904) was a French historian. September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 92 days remaining. ... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... A historian is a person who studies history. ...

He was born at Toulouse. He was a pupil at the École des Chartes, which he left in 1873, and also at the École des Hautes Études; and he obtained appointments in the public libraries at the Mazarine (1878), at Fontainebleau (1884), and at Sainte-Geneviève, of which he was nominated librarian in 1885. The Capitole, the 18th century city hall of Toulouse and best known landmark in the city; in the foreground is the Place du Capitole, a hub of urban life at the very center of the city Toulouse (pronounced in standard French, and in local Toulouse accent) (Occitan: Tolosa, pronounced ) is... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The École Pratique des Hautes Études is a university in Paris, France. ... Location within France Fontainebleau is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. ... Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève is a library, located on the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, in the Ve arrondissement of Paris. ... The Librarian, a 1556 painting by Giuseppe Arcimboldo A librarian is a person who develops procedures for organizing information and provides services which assist and instruct people in the most efficient and effective ways to identify, locate, access, and use information and resources (articles, books, magazines, etc. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

He was a good palaeographer and had a thorough knowledge of archives and manuscripts; and he soon won a first place among scholars of the history of medieval France. His thesis on leaving the École des Chartes was his Catalogue des actes de Simon et d'Amauri de Montfort (inserted in vol. xxxiv. of the Bibliothèque de l'école, an important contribution to the history of the Albigenses. This marked him out as a capable editor for the new edition of L'histoire générale de Languedoc by Dom Vaissète: he superintended the reprinting of the text, adding notes on the feudal administration of this province from 900 to 1250, on the government of Alphonse of Toulouse, brother of St Louis (1220 - 1271), and on the historical geography of the province of Languedoc in the Middle Ages. Palaeography, literally old writing, (from the Greek words paleos = old and grapho = write) is the study of script. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. ... Albigenses were a group named for Albi, a city in southern France. ... Events Persian scientist, Rhazes, distinguished smallpox from measles in the course of his writings. ... Events December 13 - Death of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor Louis IX of France is captured by Muslims and has to ransom himself Mabinogion appears Albertus Magnus isolates the element arsenic Vincent of Beauvais writes proto-encyclopedic The Greater Mirror City of Stockholm founded Alphonso III of Portugal takes Algarve... Alphonse, Count of Toulouse and of Poitiers (November 11, 1220 – August 21, 1271). ... The Gateway Arch, shown here behind the Old Courthouse, is the most recognizable part of the St. ... // The world in 1220 Middle Ages in Europe Fifth Crusade (1217-1221) Events Mongols first invade Abbasid caliphate - Bukhara and Samarkand taken End of the Kara-Khitan Khanate, destroyed by Genghis Khans Mongolian cavalry Dominican Order approved by Pope Honorius III Frederick II crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope... For broader historical context, see 1270s and 13th century. ... Coat of arms of the province of Languedoc, now being used as an official flag by the Midi-Pyrénees region as well as by the city of Toulouse Languedoc (Lengadòc in Occitan) is a former province of France, now continued in the modern-day régions of Languedoc...

He also wrote a Bibliographie du Languedoc, which was awarded a prize by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, but remained in manuscript. He also published several documents for the Société de l'Orient Latin (Itinera hierosolymitana, in collaboration with Ch. Kohler, 1885); for the Société de l'Histoire de France (Chronique normande du XIVI' siècle, assisted by his brother Émile, 1883); for the Collection de testes relatifs a l'enseignement de l'histoire (Vie de Louis le Gros, by Suger, 1887); for the Collection des documents inédits (Correspondance administrative d'Alfonse de Poitiers, 1894-1900); for the Recueil des historiens de la France (Obituaires de la province de Sens 1904, 1906), etc., and several volumes in the Recueil des catalogues des bibliothèques publiques de France. The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres is a French learned society founded in 1663 and concerned with the humanities. ...

Applying to the French classics the rigorous method used with regard to the texts of the Middle Ages, he published the Pensées of Pascal, revised with the original manuscript (1887-1889), and the Provinciales (1891), edited with notes. In 1893 he was nominated professor at the École des Chartes, and gave a successful series of lectures which he published (Manuel des sources de l'histoire de France au moyen âge, 1902-1906). He also taught at the École des Hautes Etudes. He died after a short illness, leaving in manuscript a criticism on the sources of the Speculum historiale of Vincent de Beauvais. The Pensées (literally, thoughts) represented an apology for the Christian religion by Blaise Pascal, the renowned 17th century philosopher and mathematician. ... Blaise Pascal (June 19, 1623 – August 19, 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. ... The Dominican friar Vincent of Beauvais (ca 1190 - 1264?) wrote the main encyclopedia that was used in the middle ages. ...

His elder brother, Charles (b. 1843), is also of some importance as an historian, particularly on the history of art and on the heresies of the Middle Ages. He was appointed professor of history at the university of Toulouse in 1886. The University of Toulouse is one of the oldest universities in Europe. ...

A younger brother, Émile (1857-1906), became an assistant in the print-room at the Bibliothéque Nationale, and afterwards joined the staff at the Musée du Louvre, of which he eventually became keeper, retiring in 1902. He was a well-known connoisseur of art. He organized the famous Exposition Rétrospective held at the Petit Palais in 1900, and published a number of expert volumes on enamels, ceramics and furniture. The new buildings of the library. ... The Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre) in Paris, France, is the largest museum in the world. ... The Façade of the Petit Palais The Petit Palais is a museum in Paris, France. ... In a discussion of art technology, enamel (or vitreous enamel, or porcelain enamel in American English) is the colorful result of fusion of powdered glass to a substrate through the process of firing, usually between 750 and 850 degrees Celsius. ... Ceramics is the art form that uses ceramic materials to produce works of art. ... A Shaker chair. ...

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• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.