GALLIA ROMANA

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

Ville	Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône, 13)
Subject(s)	Miscellanea

Author(s)	Platter, Thomas II
	Physician from Basel, younger brother of Felix Platter (1574-1628)
Resource type	Manuscript
Date	1596
Inscription
References	Platter A λ V, ff. 85, 89= Keiser 1968, pp. 132, 139
Bibliography	Keiser 1968 ; Le Roy Ladurie 1995 ; Le Roy Ladurie 2000 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 89-91
Remarks

Transcription « Daß Arles gar ein mechtig uralte statt muß sein, zeigen neben vielen antiquiteten, die da zesehen, auch die greber zu Sant Honoré, sonderlich aber daß schön, groß amphitheatrum in der satt an. [...] [89] Es sinndt inn unndt außerthalb der statt Arles so viel alte sachen zesehen, daß, Nismes außgenommen, nitt baldt ein ort in gantz Franckreich gefunden wirdt, da in solchem kleinen bezirck so viel antiquiteten gefunden werden. » = “That Arles is a very ancient town is clear from the many antiquities that can be seen there, such as the tombs at Saint-Honoré and, above all, the large and handsome amphitheatre situated in the city itself. […] Both within and around Arles, so many ancient things can be seen that, with the exception of Nimes, no place in France contains so many antiquities in such a small area.”