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The music master
I have recently returned from a 10-day research trip to Paris for a book on Charles Barbier. Over the years, I have pegged away at this project, taking a day here, a day there for research during our visits, but … Continue reading →
Posted in History of the blind, Paris history, Paris music
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Tagged Café des Aveugles, Charles Barbier, Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles, Jean-Baptiste Métoyen, Jean-François Galliod, Louis Bertrand, Nicolas Roze, Noël-Jean Ismann, Notre-Dame des Blancs-Manteaux, Paul Seignette, Quinze-Vingts, Sebastien Guillié, Valentin Haüy, Victoire Augustine Eugenie Galliod
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How blind people learned to write: the truth can be told
Exactly 200 years ago, in June 1821, a crucial experiment was taking place in a school on the rue St-Victor in Paris. The school was the Institution Royale des Jeunes Aveugles (the Royal Institution for Blind Youth) and the students … Continue reading →
Posted in Charles Barbier, History of the blind, Paris cemeteries, Paris history, Paris museums
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Tagged Alexandre-René Pignier, Association Valentin Haüy, Charles Barbier, Coupvray, Disability Studies Quarterly, Douai, Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles, Institution Royale des Jeunes Aveugles, Louis Braille, Nicolas-Marie-Charles Barbier de la Serre, Noëlle Roy, Père Lachaise, Stéphane Mary, Zoubeida Moulfi
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It never hurts to ask
The Institut de France on the Left Bank of the Seine, near the Pont des Arts, is a familiar sight. We’ve walked past many times, and never thought we’d have occasion to enter it ourselves. But one never knows where … Continue reading →
Avoiding the crowds in Versailles
It may seem impertinent to write about Versailles on Bastille Day, the ultimate Republican holiday, but I am not talking about that Versailles – the royal chateau, now overrun with tourists. I want to talk about the other Versailles – … Continue reading →
Posted in Charles Barbier, Paris history, Paris markets
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Tagged Archives communales, Charles Barbier, La Fontaine, Marché Notre Dame, Versailles
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