116 - Royal Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna, 1907, membership medal for members of the Class of Moral Sciences. Diameter 50.00 mm

Royal Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna, 1907, membership medal for members of the Class of Moral Sciences. Diameter 50.00 mm The gilded bronze medal was struck by the historic jewelry firm Masetti e Fedi, which has been in business in Florence since 1790. It was worn around the neck on a red silk ribbon during special events and at the inauguration of the academic year. Until the early 20th century, the Academy was dedicated solely to the physical, mathematical, and medical sciences, barring humanists and scholars from admission. It was only after the enthusiasm surrounding the Nobel Prize awarded to Giosuè Carducci, a professor at the University of Bologna, that a department of moral sciences was established in 1907, under pressure from Bolognese intellectuals such as Alfredo Trombetti. The most famous member of this department was the poet Giovanni Pascoli. Excellent condition. Extremely rare medal.