GALLIA ROMANA

Database of texts and images
Of Gallo-Roman antiquities (15th-17th centuries)

Notice

Ville Autun (Saône-et-Loire, 71)
Subject(s) Pyramid of Couhard
 
Author(s) Anfert (15..?-16..?)
 
Resource type Manuscript
Date 1610
Inscription
References

Anfert, quoted by H. de Fontenay according to the manuscript of his library (1889, p. 272)

Bibliography

Fontenay 1889, pp. 271-278 ; Rebourg 1993, pp. 159-161 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 113-116

Remarks

The manuscript of the author known by the name of Anfert was probably sold by H. de Fontenay's heirs in 1940; its current location is unknown

Transcription 

« [sa structure était] de pierres taillées toutes égales enchassées dans du ciment que le temps avoit changé en pierre […], toute cette masse ressembloit à un rocher. »