GALLIA ROMANA
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| Ville | Autun (Saône-et-Loire, 71) |
| Subject(s) | Temple of Janus |
| Author(s) | Léauté, Jacques. Physician from Autun 15..?-1582?) |
| Thomas, Edme. Official, cantor and canon of the cathedral of Autun (1591-1660) | |
| Resource type | Printed book |
| Date | 1650 |
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| References | Léauté/Thomas 1650, pp. 41-43 |
| Bibliography | Papillon 1742, II, pp. 319-321 ; Rebourg 1993, pp. 97-100 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 113-116 |
| Remarks | It is in fact the fourth (quarta) plate, rather than the last (ultima), which represents the Temple of Janus |
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Transcription
« Non procul versus Occasum est Iani tectum, nonnullis Iunonis templum, decumanum profectò inclytissimúmque phanum credo (vt eruditorum permulti) non Iunonis, sed Iani ; nec immeritò vt rationi par est: ipse quippe Ianus leges Europæos docuisse creditur, necnon agriculturam ; nec falsò, cùm id plures grauissimi testentur authores : necnon numismata ænea antiquissima, cuiusmodi & nonnulla apud Heduos antiquitatis obseruantia reponuntur. Unâ parte depingitur Rex bifrons, vel bino vultu pollens cuiusmodi Ianus depingitur : Altera Taurus feminam, mare Bizantinum transfretans portat. […] [42] Itaque Hedui cum virtute bellicâ (vt superiùs diximus) insignes forent, Iano sacra faciebant [43] templa dicabant, vt in rebus Bellicis, præcipuè circumspectos haberent duces : |
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