Gallia Romana
Notice
| City | Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône, 13) |
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| Subject(s) | |
| Author(s) | |
| Resource type | Manuscript |
| Date | Late 16th century |
| Inscription | |
| References | Anonymous Nicolay 242, pp. 1-3 |
| Bibliography | Constans 1921, pp. 278-297 ; Gros 1996, pp. 292-293 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 89-90 ; Rothé/Heijmans 2008, pp. 287-301 |
| Remarks | |
Transcription
Constans 1921, pp. 278-297 ; Gros 1996, pp. 292-293 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 89-90 ; Rothé/Heijmans 2008, pp. 287-301
The college of Arles was built on the site of the theatre’s stage; in 1664, it was replaced by the Convent of the Miséricorde; the theatre was not identified as such until the second half of the 17th century. The anonymous author’s text was copied in 1776 by the abbot Bonnemant from the original version conserved in the cabinet of M. Nicolay
« alii Arelatam dicunt, ab arâ latâ, hoc est elatâ, propterea quòd olim arelatæ in æde Dianæ, quam Thauricam dicebant, erat, ut et adhuc cernitur, ara seu altare elatum super duas columnas marmoreas altissimas, ubi quotannis ad Kalendas mayas frequens populus humanus hostias pro suâ hospitate mactare consueverat, et tres juvenes publicâ pecuniâ emptos, toto anno saginatos, constituo die ad ipsam aram immolabant victimarum sanguine circumstantem populum apsergentes : et ex hac arâ sic super columnas elatâ volunt. [ ] [2] Arelatam dicunt, reliquiæ adhuc amplæ veteris templi, quod Dianæ Thauricæ dicatum [3] tradunt, cujûs magna pars pro muris est civitatis, propè portam, quam de Laure (sic) dicunt, et altera intùs et extrà Monasterium Franciscanorom, quæ Templum ipsum spaciosissimum fuisse denotant, in cujûs medio erant, quæ adhuc videntur in Collegio arelatensi, binæ et altissimæ columnæ marmoreæ cum super impositis prægrandibus lapidibus in altaris formam, de quibus suprà, de nomine Arelatæ dicebamus. »