Gallia Romana
Notice
| City | Metz (Moselle, 57) |
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| Resource type | Woodcut, 26,5 x 36,5 cm. |
| Date | 1614 |
| Inscription | « NOTABLE VESTIGE DANTIQVITE ESTANS A STE [MARIE ] DE [METZ] » / « PAR C. CHASTILLON » |
| References | Chastillon 1641, ed. cit. 1655, [pl. 156] |
| Bibliography | Dumoulin 1930 ; Weigert 1951, pp. 307-381 ; Herme-Renault 1981, pp. 141-163 ; Frézouls 1982, p. 332 ; Pastoureau/Lestringant 1984, p. 104 ; Ravaux 1998; Buisseret 2000, pp. 69-73 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 77-78, 125 ; Flotté 2005, pp. 88-94 |
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Transcription
« NOTABLE VESTIGE DANTIQVITE ESTANS A STE [MARIE ] DE [METZ] » / « PAR C. CHASTILLON »
Dumoulin 1930 ; Weigert 1951, pp. 307-381 ; Herme-Renault 1981, pp. 141-163 ; Frézouls 1982, p. 332 ; Pastoureau/Lestringant 1984, p. 104 ; Ravaux 1998; Buisseret 2000, pp. 69-73 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 77-78, 125 ; Flotté 2005, pp. 88-94
The engraving shows the foundations of the cavea of the edifice used for shows constructed along one of the branches of the Moselle River; the Abbey Sainte-Marie-aux-Nonnains, erected in 1563, is visible within. Chastillon made two other illustrations of the same subject (1– 2)