GALLIA ROMANA
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| Ville | Vernègues (Bouches-du-Rhône, 13) |
| Subject(s) | Temple |
| Perspective elevation | |
| Author(s) | Peiresc, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de |
| Magistrate and antiquarian from Aix (1580-1637) | |
| Resource type | Drawing (pen and ink) |
| Date | Before 1637 |
| Inscription | « TEMPLVM ALBVRNICENSE » / « Longueur de sept toises » / « Le temple antique de Vernegue qui est encor appellé le Mausolee » / « Basse chappelle de St Suary antique de 500 ans sur laquelle y auoit une au[tr]e eglise » |
| References | Paris, BnF, ms. lat. 8957, f. 252 |
| Bibliography | Gassendi 1641 ; DLF XVIIe siècle, pp. 979-980 ; Gros 1996, p. 156 ; Lemerle 2002-1, pp. 287-302 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 64-65 ; Mocci/Nin 2006, pp. 710-714 |
| Remarks | Peiresc's drawing highlights the podium, the portico of Corinthian columns and the staircase by which one entered the Roman temple (1st century BC). A chapel dedicated to St Cesarius was built against the temple at Vernègues, a part of which was employed as a church during the 10th and 11th centuries |
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