GALLIA ROMANA

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

Notice

Ville Vienne (Isère, 38)
Subject(s) Pyramid
 
Author(s) Gölnitz, Abraham
  Geographer and cartographer from Danzig (15.. ?–16.. ?)
Resource type Printed book
Date 1631
Inscription
References Gölnitz 1631, p. 451
Bibliography

Pelletier 1974, pp. 6-15 ; Pelletier 1982, pp. 221-222 ; Lemerle 2003, pp. 10-14 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 34-35, 96

Remarks

The quadrifrons (square-sided) arch which constituted the base of the obelisk stood on the spina of the circus

Transcription 

« Viennâ egressos comitati sunt adhuc aliqui amicorum ad pyramidem Pilati dextrorsùm »…
= “On leaving Vienne, some our friends accompanied us as far as 'Pilate's Pyramid', situated on the right…”