GALLIA ROMANA
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Ville | Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône, 13) |
Subject(s) | Temple situated on the Forum |
Author(s) | Porchier, François |
Trinitarian monk (17th century) | |
Resource type | Manuscript |
Date | 1650 |
Inscription | |
References | Porchier 910, pp. 853-854 |
Bibliography | Constans 1921, pp. 254-262 ; Gros 1991, p. 37 ; Lemerle 2005, p. 90 ; Rothé/Heijmans 2008, pp. 358-359 |
Remarks | The building described here is the temple dedicated to the imperial cult on the forum, and not the remains of what was long considered to be a temple or an altar dedicated to Diana (now identified as the theatre) that the author describes several lines above, also as a 'Temple of Diana' |
Transcription
« Ie ne parleray pas de ce superbe temple de diane, autant et plus magnifique que celuy d’Ephese, bastiment d’une si rare sculpture et architecture, qui eust causé plus destonnement à Pompée que le sanctuaire, qui eust raui dauantage les ieux d’Alexandre que les misteres d’Ammon. Il ne s’en [854] voit q’une colomme (sic) et quelques frises pres l’Eglise de sainct Lucien vers la place, et quelques autres vestiges dans les maisons voisines. » |