GALLIA ROMANA

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

Notice

Ville Langres (Haute-Marne, 52)
Subject(s) 'Porte Romaine'
  Elevation
Author(s) Androuet du Cerceau, Jacques
  Engraver and architect (1511-1584/85)
Resource type Drawing on vellum (pen, black ink and grey and black wash), 45,5 x 63 cm. (fold-out page)
Date c. 1540-1545
Inscription « LES ARCS ANTIQUES DE LANGRES »
References Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Estampes, Ed 2 r, fol., rés., 15
Bibliography

Geymuller 1887, p. 109 (Recueil D) ; Thomson 1980 ; Joly 2001, pp. 48-51 ; Lemerle 2004, pp. 135-144 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 74-76, 123 ; Furhing 2010, p. 324 ; Leproux 2010, pp. 17-18

Remarks

The 'Porte Romaine' is one of the two triumphal arches which were incorporated into the city walls as gateways

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