GALLIA ROMANA

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Of Gallo-Roman antiquities (15^th-17^th centuries)

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Ville	Saintes (Charente-Maritime, 17)
Subject(s)	Triumphal arch

Author(s)	Zinzerling, Just
	Dutch scholar (1590-1618)
Resource type	Printed book
Date	1616
Inscription
References	Zinzerling 1616, p. 147
Bibliography	Bernard 1859, pp. 1-14 ; Maurin 1978, pp. 71-81 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 32-33, 101-102 ; Maurin 2007, pp. 304-308
Remarks	Zinzerling stayed in France from 1612 to 1616

Transcription « Antiquitatem urbis, & quòd Romani hîc degere amarint, testantur operum, quæ excitarunt, reliquiæ. [...] Arcus in ponte Carantoni antiqui artificii ex prægrandibus saxis quadratis : cui incisa hæc verba, uti adnotavit ea Elias Vinetus Santonus jam ante medium seculum : hodie enim plura abstulit tempestatum injuria : C. IVLIVS. C. IVLI OTVANEVNI. F. RVFVS. C. IVLI. GEDEMONIS NEPOS. EPOSTERO VIDI. PRON. SACERDOS ROMÆ ET AVGVST... AD ARAM QVÆ EST AD CONFLVENTEM PRAESECTVS FABRVM. D. sic exhibet hanc inscriptionem Vinetus. Hodie vix mediam partem literarum agnoscas. » = “The ancient origins of the town and the favour bestowed upon it by the Romans are attested by the many ancient remains found here, which include […] a triumphal arch, situated on the bridge across the Charente River and constructed in the ancient style with large stone blocks. It carries an inscription, noted down by Élie Vinet of Bordeaux in the first half of the century, which today is very damaged by the weather: C. IVLIVS. C. IVLI OTVANEVNI. F. RVFVS. C. IVLI. GEDEMONIS NEPOS. EPOSTERO VIDI. PRON. SACERDOS ROMÆ ET AVGVST… AD ARAM QVÆ EST AD CONFLVENTEM PRAESECTVS FABRVM. D.” This is what Vinet copied. Today, the central part of the inscription can barely be made out.”