Mme. Frédéric Mistral, 1st Queen of the Félibres.
a dictionary of the Provençal tongue, including every variety of derivation and idiom, a work to which I devoted twenty years of my life.
In the Provençal Almanac for 1855, Paul Giéra writes:
“When the Law is completed which is being now prepared by one of our number, and which will clearly set forth the why and wherefore of everything, all opponents will be finally silenced.”
It was on this memorable occasion at Font-Ségugne that we also decided on a small annual publication which should be a connecting-link between all Félibres, the standard-bearer of our ideas, and a means of communicating them to the people.
Having settled all these points, we suddenly bethought us that this same May 21 was no other than the Feast of the Star (Saint-Estelle), and even as the Magi, recognising the mystic influx of some high conjunction, we saluted the Star so opportunely presiding over the cradle of our redemption.
That same year, 1855, appeared the first number of the Provençal Almanac, numbering 112 pages. And conspicuous among the contributions was our “Song of the Félibres,” which set forth the programme of our popular Renaissance.