GALLIA ROMANA

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

Notice

Ville Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône, 13)
Subject(s) Theatre
  Elevations of three bays
Author(s) Sautereau, Jean
  Architect, active in Arles in the mid 17th century
Resource type Drawing (pen and ink)
Date 1652
Inscription

Indications of measures. By another hand: « Eleuation des restes du Theatre sur lesquels on a bati ce qu'on apelle la tour de Roland »

References Arles, Médiathèque, Recueil Raybaud, ms. 796, f. 54
Bibliography

Constans 1921, pp. 298-324 ; Benoît 1937, pp. 66-70 ; Gros 1996, pp. 292-293 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 89-90 ; Rothé/Heijmans 2008, pp. 287-301

Remarks

The caption corresponds to folio 53 of the album, which represents the southern arcade of the theatre. The theatre was not identified as such until the second half of the 17th century

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