GALLIA ROMANA

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

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Ville Jouy-aux-Arches (Moselle, 57)
Subject(s) Aqueduct at Gorze
 
Author(s) Claude, Chastillon. Topographer and military engineer (1559/60-1616)
  Poinsart, Jacques. Engraver from Châlons-sur-Marne (15..?-16..?)
Resource type Woodcut, 17,7 x 38 cm.
Date Before 1616 (drawing)
Inscription
References Chastillon 1641 ; ed. cit. 1655, [pl. 32]
Bibliography

Dumoulin 1930 ; Weigert 1951, t. 2, pp. 307-381 ; Herme-Renault 1981, pp. 141-163 ; Pastoureau/Lestringant 1984, p. 104 ; Ravaux 1998 ; Buisseret 2000, pp. 69-73 ; Flotté/Fuchs 2004, pp. 527-529 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 77-79, 124-125

Remarks

The order of the plates varies according to the edition and even the copy of the book. The Roman aqueduct crossed the Moselle River south of Metz near Jouy-aux-Arches

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