The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
Macgibbon, David · Edinburgh, Douglas · leaf 71
trophies of arms. The upperpanel over the central arch is filled with a large bas-relief full of figures, but it is hard to say what scene isrepresented. The shields are ornamented with crcsccnt-like forms, and on one of them the name of Mario canstill be read, while diverse names were formerly… … FIG. 7. TRIUMPHAL ARCH, ORANGE. of the Arch. It has been ascribed to Tiberius, and itsdate fixed A.D. 21. But its style and ornament forbid thisconclusion. ORANGE : CARPENTRAS. 47 Merimee thinks that the great analogy of style be-tween the various Triumphal Arches of Provence, viz.,those at Orange,…
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