Gallia Romana
Notice
| City | Vers-Pont-du-Gard (Gard, 30) |
|---|---|
| Subject(s) | |
| Author(s) | |
| Resource type | Printed book |
| Date | 1585 |
| Inscription | |
| References | L’Hospital 1585, VI, « De ponte Gardonis » |
| Bibliography | DLF XVIe siècle, pp. 742-744 ; Provost 1999-2, p. 736 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 88-91 |
| Remarks | |
Transcription
DLF XVIe siècle, pp. 742-744 ; Provost 1999-2, p. 736 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 88-91
At the end of the year 1559, Michel de l’Hospital, then chancellor to Marguerite of France, rejoined the latter at Dun-le-Roi, whence he accompanied her to Nice, where she was to meet her new husband, Emmanuel-Philibert, Duke of Savoy. Michel de l’Hospital dedicated his account of this journey to his friend Jacques du Faur, Master of Requests of the Parliament of Paris. The ‘Pont du Gard’ was probable the most universally admired Gallo-Roman monument
« ADMIRANDI antiqua operis monimenta, viator,
At tu dignus eras ultra producere famam,
Dignus eras operi vel superesse tuo. »