GALLIA ROMANA

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

Notice

Ville Vienne (Isère, 38)
Subject(s) Pyramid
 
Author(s) Brackenhoffer, Élie
  Traveller in Germanic Europe (1618-1682)
Resource type Manuscript
Date 1644
Inscription
References Brackenhoffer 730, ed. Lehr 1927, p. 126
Bibliography

Lehr 1925 ; Lehr 1927 ; Pelletier 1974, pp. 6-15 ; Lemerle 2003, pp. 10-14 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 35, 96

Remarks

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

Transcription 

« Hors la ville, on voit une pyramide, sur l’emplacement de la maison de Pilate.