Germain Demay

German Jean Demay, known also more simply under German Demay , is a Archiviste, born with Aiguillon on January 15th, 1819, died in Paris on October 4th, 1886.

In 1852, sculptor of formation, it is engaged by Louis Douët d' Arcq for the moulding shop of the seals of the Public records.

January 1st 1858 he becomes assistant manager of the historical section. He replaces his Master Douët d' Arcq as chief of this section in February 1882 and becomes member of the Committee of historical work in 1883.

One can say that he was the creator, the true one, the single creator of this marvellous collection of prints of seals, most complete which exists, where are joined together more than forty thousand different models. It is by a ceaseless work of thirty-three years that he managed to form this invaluable meeting of the types from where he knew to draw the most curious explanations and most unforeseen on the history, manners and the habits of our ancestors. All the inventories sigillographic published by the Public records, even those at which it did not put its name, are the work of Germain Demay. |Guiffrey (cf Bibliography) p. 25.

Publications

the Blazon according to the seals of the Middle Ages , Nogent-le-Rotrou, 1877,52 p.

Note: Extract of the Bulletin of the National company of the Antique dealers of France , T. XXXVII

in collab . with Léopold Delisle, in the name of the National library (France), Department of the manuscripts: collections from Bastard d' Estang at the national library , Nogent-le-Rotrou, 1885,336 p.
the Costume with the Middle Ages according to the seals ; with an introduction, new illustrated complements and an onomastic table by Jean-Bernard de Vaivre, Shepherd-Levrault, Paris, 1978,496 p. ISBN 9782701302065

Note: FAC-sim. ED. of Paris, D. Dumoulin, 1880.

the Costume of war and pageantry according to the seals of the Middle Ages , J.B. Dumoulin, Paris, 1875,56 p.

Note: Extract of the Memories of the National company of the Antique dealers of France , T. XXXV.

Description of the seals of the treaty of the town of Cologne and its trades (Sept. 14, 1396) , Nogent-le-Rotrou, s.d., 8 p.

Note: Extract of the Bulletin of the National company of the Antique dealers of France

sigillographic Studies/the naval type , Paris, 7 p.

Note: Extract of the archaeological Re-examined , volume XXXIV, 1877, p. 281-288. These studies form a chapter of the Costume (...) according to the seals .

Inventory of the seals of the collection Clairambault at the National library , Impr. main road, coll “new documents on the French history” 3rd series n°100, Paris, 1885-1886, 2 vol. 700 p. & 667 p.
Inventory of the seals of Artois and Picardy/collected in the deposits of files museums and particular collections of the departments of the Pas-de-Calais, Oise, the Sum and Aisne/with a engraved stone catalog having been used to seal and twenty-four photoglyptic boards , Paris, HMSO, 1877,393 p.
Inventory of the seals of the Flanders: collected in the deposits of files, museums and particular collections of the Department of North , Paris, HMSO, 1873,2 vol. 527 p.& 499 p.
Inventory of the seals of Normandy/collected in the deposits of files, museums and particular collections of the departments of the Lower Seine, the Apple-brandy, of the Eure, of the English Channel and the Flowering ash/with an introduction on the paleography from the seals , Paris, HMSO, 1881 or 1891 (to be checked), 434 p.

Note: The foreword of this volume was drawn with share with 100 e.g. under the title: Paleography of the seals . See more bas.

Inventory of the seals of Picardy/collected in the deposits of files, museums and particular collections of the departments of the Sum, Oise and Aisne , Paris, HMSO, 1875,215 p.
Note on the seals of a treaty of alliance enters the town of Cologne and its trades, September 14th, 1396 , Nogent-le-Rotrou, s.d., 8 p.
the paleography of the seals , HMSO, Paris, 1881,73 p.

Note: Preface: Inventory of the seals of Normandy . See more haut.

Of the oil-base paint in France, at the beginning of XIVe century… , Paris, 1876,11 p.

Note: Extract of Memories of the National company of the Antique dealers of France , T. 36

Of the engraved Stones employed in the seals of the Middle Ages , Paris, HMSO, 1877,68 p.
Seals of the Middle Ages, studies on the collection of the Public records , Paris, 1873-1877.

Note : Extracts of the Gazette of the fine arts , 1875-1877. These studies were the starting point of the Costume to the Middle Ages according to the seals

“Some artists and craftsmen Picardy and Artesian (1312 - 1486)”, in the Nouvelles files of French art , Tome VI, 1878, p. 223-233.

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