GALLIA ROMANA
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| Ville | Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône, 13) |
| Subject(s) | Theatre |
| Elevation of the southern arcade | |
| Author(s) | Gertoux, Jean |
| Lawyer and antiquarian from Arles (15..?-16..?) | |
| Resource type | Drawing (pen and ink) |
| Date | Late 16th century |
| Inscription | « representation de la tour de Roland maintenant apelee iadis une des entrees du temple de diane aiant sept portes cinq en longueur trois en hautheur » |
| References | Aix-en-Provence, Bibliothèque Arbaud, ms. Q. 451, cahier II (=ii) |
| Bibliography | Constans 1921, p. XII, n.1 ; 278-297 ; Gros 1996, pp. 292-293 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 89-90 ; Rothé/Heijmans 2008, pp. 287-301 |
| Remarks | The Corinthian capital from the Rhone arch is drawn at the top of the same page. The theatre was not identified as such until the second half of the 17th century |
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