GALLIA ROMANA

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

Notice

Ville Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône, 13)
Subject(s) Theatre
 
Author(s) Rebatu, François de
  King's Counsellor at Arles, seat of the seneschal (16..?-16..?)
Resource type Manuscript
Date 1655
Inscription
References Rebatu 4378, f. 1v°
Bibliography

Laurière 1877. ; Constans 1921, pp. 278-297 ; Gros 1996, pp. 292-293 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 89-90 ; Rothé/Heijmans 2008, pp. 287-301

Remarks

The college of Arles was built on the site of the theatre's stage; in 1664, it was replaced by the Convent of the Miséricorde; the theatre was not identified as such until the second half of the 17th century

Transcription 

« La teste [de la Diane d’Arles] de laquelle fut premieremant trouuée bien profondemant cachée dans la terre lors qu’on creusoit une cisterne dans l’enclos de son temple proche de deux grandes colomnes qui sont dans le vieux college des Iesuites »…