Gallia Romana
Notice
City | Autun (Saône-et-Loire, 71) |
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Subject(s) | |
Author(s) | |
Resource type | Drawing (pen and ink) |
Date | Early 17th century |
Inscription | « Le theatre estant proche l'amphiteatre cy deuant Il nest plus » |
References | BnF, Collection Dupuy, ms. 667, f. 151 |
Bibliography | Fontenay 1889, p. 191 ; Rebourg 1993, pp. 76-78 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 113-116 |
Remarks | |
Transcription
Fontenay 1889, p. 191 ; Rebourg 1993, pp. 76-78 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 113-116
Erroneously identified as a theatre, the monument no longer existed at the beginning of the 17th century. The drawings of Autun’s antiquities were commissioned by Pierre Jeannin (known as the President Jeannin); they were gathered together by Peiresc some thirty years later