GALLIA ROMANA

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

Ville	Lyon (Rhône, 69)
Subject(s)	Miscellanea

Author(s)	Symeoni, Gabriele
	Italian polygraph (1509-c. 1570)
Resource type	Printed book
Date	1560
Inscription
References	Symeoni 1560, pp. 12-13
Bibliography	DLF XVI^e siècle, pp. 1103-1104 ; Renucci 1943-1 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 42-44, 110-112
Remarks

Transcription « qui non apparisce altro segno, che certi pezzeti di tegoli consumati, di vasi et statue rotte, d’urne di terra [13] cotta, di porfidi, serpentini, alabastri, marmi, incrustature, mosaichi, volte subterranee, fondamenti altissimi et da maravigliosa grandezza, il resto de quei poveri mirabili aquedotti »... = “the only other indications to be found here are pieces of burnt tiles and vases; broken statues, terracotta and porphyry urns and pipes; bits of alabaster, marble, inlay, and mosaic; underground vaults; very high foundations; and the marvellous remains of these poor, wonderful aqueducts...”