Clémence Isaure
Illustration — Dame Clémence Isaure by Jules Joseph Lefebvre Clémence Isaure is a legendary Occitan medieval figure credited with founding or restoring the Acadèmia dels Jòcs Florals or Academy of the Floral Games. She is supposed to have left a legacy to fund awards in the form of gold and silver flowers that the city of Toulouse would award annually to the best poets. In order to provide her with a realistic outline, she has been identified as a member of the Yzalguier family of Toulouse.
Also recorded as Clemence Isaure · Clementia Isaura
Clémence Isaure

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- Born
- 1450
- Died
- 1513
- Nationality
- France
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- composer · poet · writer
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Dame Clémence Isaure by Jules Joseph Lefebvre Clémence Isaure is a legendary Occitan medieval figure credited with founding or restoring the Acadèmia dels Jòcs Florals or Academy of the Floral Games. She is supposed to have left a legacy to fund awards in the form of gold and silver flowers that the city of Toulouse would award annually to the best poets. In order to provide her with a realistic outline, she has been identified as a member of the Yzalguier family of Toulouse.
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In 1806 the rue des Yzalguier there was renamed the rue Clémence-Isaure. A tower at 7 de la rue Cujas was named the Tour Clémence Isaure. (It was demolished in 1817.) For example, Charles Cros wrote in 1888: Toulouse! Ville antique où fleurissent encore Pour les poètes, vos fleurs d’or, Clémence Isaure Toulouse! Ancient city where flourish still For poets your golden flowers, Clémence Isaure
• Clémence Isaure fountain • Clémence Isaure appearing to the troubadors, hall of the notables, Capitole de Toulouse • Illustration — Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1911), Clémence Isaure, oil on canvas, private collection Fred and Sherry Ross • Illustration — Auguste Préault, Clémence Isaure. One of the Queens of France and Illustrious Women that stand in the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris • Illustration — Félix Saurines, Clémence Isaure distributing flowers to the troubadors. • Illustration — The first statue of Clémence Isaure, 16th century (Toulouse). • Illustration — Félicie de Fauveau, Clémence Isaure, Musée des Augustins. • Illustration — Bernard Griffoul-Dorval, Clémence Isaure, Musée des Augustins • Illustration — Julie Charpentier, Clémence Isaure, Musée des Augustins • Illustration — Léo Laporte-Blairsy, Clémence Isaure, Musée des Augustins • Illustration — Jean-Pierre Rivalz, Clémence Isaure, Musée des Augustins • Illustration — Alexandre Falguière, Clémence Isaure, Musée des Augustins • Illustration — Henri Martin, Clémence Isaure, Musée Paul-Dupuy. • Illustration — Médaille Toulouse 1819, Clémence Isaure, 1450 Toulouse - 1500, et les Jeux Floraux, verso • Illustration — Médaille des Jeux Floraux à Toulouse 1819, recto

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Félicie de Fauveau · Photothèque Musée des Augustins, Toulouse Photo Daniel Martin
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Clémence Isaure born.
1513
Clémence Isaure died.
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- 1.Clémence-Isaure, symbole de l’académie des Jeux floraux. lindependant.fr.
- 2.Pierre Salies, Dictionnaire des rues de Toulouse, Toulouse, Éditions Milan, 1989.
- 3.Idem, j'ai payé à Jacques du Moustier, peintre, pour faire l'inscription du portail de la grande porte et l'inscription de Dame Clémence, comme il appert du mandement qui se monte à dix sous.
- 4.Article fr François de Gélis n° 16 . — Bail à besogne pour restaurer la figure de Dame Clémence, par MM. les Syndic et Capitouls de Toulouse, à Claude Pacot, habitant de Toulouse, et Pierre Affre, sculpteurs 7 août 1621 Histoire critique des jeux floraux depuis leur origine jusqu'à leur transformation en Académie (1323-1694) Paris E. Privat 1912 400 lire en Gallica id=bpt6k55439700/f405 consulté le=2020-09-16 .
- 5.Ernest Roschach, « Une hypothèse sur la statue de Clémence Isaure », dans Mémoires de l'Académie des sciences, inscriptions et belles-lettres de Toulouse, 1892, série, tome IV.
- 6.Richard Copley Christie attribue l'épitaphe à Jean de Boyssoné dans son livre Étienne Dolet, le martyr de la renaissance, sa vie, sa mort, Paris, 1886.
- 7.Guillaume Catel. Mémoire de l'histoire du Languedoc curieusement et fidèlement recueillis de divers auteurs. Pierre Bosc. 1633.
- 8.Papire Masson. Extrait de l'Éloge de Clémence Isaure. Elogiorum pas secunda. 404.
- 9.Elogiorum pas secunda. 1638.
- 10.Pierre Salies, Dictionnaire des Rues de Toulouse, p. 24.
- 11.Article fr Baron de Montgailhard lien Guy Desazars de Montgailhard Les Avatars biographiques et iconographiques de Clémence Isaure Mémoires de l'Académie des sciences, inscriptions et belles-lettres de Toulouse 10 1915 203-457 lire en Gallica id=bpt6k5719316n/f260 consulté le=2020-09-16 , Gallica id=bpt6k5719316n/f5 t=album iconographie .
Bibliography printed in the source article · 8
- Pierre de Caseneuve. L'Origine des Jeux-fleureaux de Toulouse. Raimond Bosc. 1659.
- Charles Lagane. Discours contenant l'histoire des Jeux Floraux et celle de Dame Clémence. Ville de Toulouse. 1774.
- Philippe Vincent Poitevin-Peitavi (1742-1818), Mémoire pour servir à l'histoire des Jeux Floraux, Toulouse, M. J. Dalles, 1815. Scans : tome 1 Tolosana pdf HD Google book, tome 2 Tolosana pdf HD, Google Book
- Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian. Clémence Isaure. Imprimerie des Annales. 1829.
- À Clémence Isaure. Delmas Jean Jacques Éditions. 84. 1984. 978-2-9500316-0-0.
- Clémence Isaure, vérités sur une chimère toulousaine. Séguier (Nouvelles éd.). 100. 2010. 978-2-7588-0320-1.
- Ces Toulousains qui ont fait l'Histoire. Le Papillon Rouge. 2019. 9782490379118.
- Histoires vécues et insolites de Toulouse. Privat. 2003. 9782708958180.
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