GALLIA ROMANA
Database of texts and images
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Ville | Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône, 13) |
Subject(s) | Temple |
Author(s) | Romieu, Lanteaume de |
Antiquarian and collector from Arles (15..?-after 1598) | |
Resource type | Manuscript |
Date | 1574 |
Inscription | |
References | Romieu 221, VII, p. 13 |
Bibliography | DLF XVIe siècle, p. 1025 ; Blanchet 1919, pp. 222-223 ; Constans 1921, pp. 350-351 ; Lemerle 2005, p. 91 |
Remarks | The eight porphyry columns originally belonged to a temple situated in the north-eastern corner of the city. They sank near the 'Pont Saint-Esprit' along with the boat that was transporting them |
Transcription
« Ores de mon temps, en l’année mil cinq cent soixante quatre, lorsque nostre bienheureux prince le Roy charles IX à presant regnant fut icy, j’ay veu emporter de nostre ville, au grand regret des citoyens, huict grosses et belles colonnes de porphire antique, qui estoient dans l’église de la maiour auour du grand autel. » |