Collège des Dix-Huit

Collège des Dix-Huit, founded in 1180 AD, was the earliest college of the University of Paris in France, established to endow 18 scholars.

History

The college was founded in 1180 AD by an Englishman by the name of Jocius after a visit to Jerusalem. It was based south of the rue des Poirées.
In Warriors of the Cloisters: The Central Origins of Science in the Medieval World, Christopher Beckwith argues that italic=no was modeled on the Central Asian madrasa: "The college founded by Jocius is identical ... to the typical madrasa then widespread in Syria and its vicinity. They were endowed institutions, generally quite small, which housed a small number of students, typically less than two dozen."
The founding text of the college:
The college was closed during the reconstruction of the University in the 17th century.