GALLIA ROMANA
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Ville | Saintes (Charente-Maritime, 17) |
Subject(s) | Aqueduct ? / Triumphal arch ? |
Author(s) | Burle, Balthazar |
Antiquarian from Aix-en-Provence (15..?-16..?) | |
Resource type | Drawing on paper (pen and ink) |
Date | 16..? |
Inscription | « A SAINCTES dans la frise dun aqueduc antique sur la riuiere de la Charente » / « Cæsari nep. Diui Iulii pontifici Auguri. C. Iulius. C. Iuli Otuanenni. P. Rufus C. Iulii gedomonis nepos epostero vidi pron sacerdos Romæ Et August. Ad aram quæ est ad confluentem præfectus fabrum D. » |
References | Carpentras, Bibliothèque Inguimbertine, ms. 606, f. 319 |
Bibliography | Catalogue général des manuscrits, 34-1, p. 371 ; Maurin 1978, pp. 100-105 ; Maurin 1999, pp. 150-155, 165-169 ; Lemerle 2005, p. 102 |
Remarks | The drawing is an invention: Burle identifies the monument as an aqueduct but cites the inscription found on the triumphal arch |
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