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LITERARY SOURCES |
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| Author | Orsi, Roberto |
| Title | De amore patriae (Gambalunga Library, ms. 1348) |
| Notes | Mention of the triumphalis arcus and the pons superbus |
| Author | ----------------------- |
| Title | Nota delle vivande del gran desinare per le nozze di Roberto Malatesta (Gambalunga Library, ms. 1161) |
| Notes | “the triumphal arch of Rimini” |
| Author | Biondo, Flavio |
| Title | Italia illustrata, Rome 1471 |
| Notes | Digression on the history of the town from the ancient sources and on its ruins |
| Author | Alberti, Leandro |
| Title | Descrittione di tutta Italia, Bologna 1550 |
| Notes | Description of the Roman bridge (1537 ca.) |
| Author | Palladio, Andrea |
| Title | I quattro libri dell'architettura, Venice 1570, vol. III, p. 22 |
| Notes | Enthusiastic description of Augustus’ bridge “among those I have seen it is the most beautiful and noteworthy” (1541/1547 ca.). |
| Author | Schott, Franz |
| Title | Itinerarii Italiae, Cologne 1620, p. 265 |
| Notes | Notes about the favours received by Augustus and other emperors and about the large quantity of antiquities (1600 ca.). |
| Author | Mabillon, Jean – Germain, Michel |
| Title | Museum italicum seu collectio veterum scriptorum ex bibliothecis italicis, Paris 1687-1689, vol. I, p. 42 |
| Notes |
Notes about Augustus’ and Tiberius’ bridge and the triumphal arch dedicated to Augustus (1685). |
| Author | Misson, Maximilien |
| Title | Nouveau voyage d'Italie, avec un memoire contenant des avis utiles a ceux qui voudront faire le meme voyage, La Haye 1691, vol. I, p. 214-215 |
| Notes | Notes about the marble bridge built by Augustus and Tiberius, the triumphal arch dedicated to Augustus, the ruins of an amphitheatre and of an ancient lighthouse of the Roman harbour (1688). |
| Author |
Cotte, Robert de |
| Title | Le Voyage d'Italie, Paris 1966, p. 216 |
| Notes | Mention of the ancient arch situated at the entrance of the town (1689). |
| Author | Bourdin, Charles |
| Title | Voyage d'Italie et de quelques endroits d'Allemagne, 1695 & 1696, Paderborn 1699, p. 147-148 |
| Notes | Notes about the triumphal arch dedicated to Augustus and an ancient theatre; description of the marble bridge (1696). |
| Author | La Mottraye, Aubry de |
| Title | Voyages du Sr. A.de La Motraye, en Europe, Asie, & Afrique, La Haye 1727, vol. I, p. 80-81 |
| Notes | Description of Augustus’ arch and Tiberius’ bridge; doubts about the stone situated in the market-place from which Caesar was supposed to deliver his speech to the army (1697). |
| Author | Deseine, François – Jacques |
| Title | Noveau voyage d'Italie contenant une description exacte de toutes ses provinces,villes, & lieux considerables..., Lion 1699, p. vol. I, p. 360-362 |
| Notes | Notes about Augustus’ and Tiberius’ bridge, the amphitheatre, the marbles of the ancient harbour re-used for the Malatestian Temple, Saint Julian’s church with the relics of the saint and the marble triumphal arch in bad conditions of preservation (1699). |
| Author | Rogissart de |
| Title | Les delices de l'Italie, ou description exacte de ce pays, de ses principales villes et de toutes les raretez qu'il content, Leide 1706, vol. I, p. 220-224 |
| Notes | History of the town and digression on its ancient founders: notes about the richness of the ancient monuments, particularly the ruins of the theatre, Augustus’ bridge - with a detailed description - Augustus’ arch and the ruins of the ancient harbour (1700). |
| Author | Klaute, Johann Balthasar |
| Title | Diarium italicum…, (Tubinga?) 1722, p. 83 |
| Notes | Notice about the ancient origins of the town (1700). |
| Author | Addison, Joseph |
| Title | Remarkes on several Partsof Italy in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London 1745, p. 80 |
| Notes | Description of the most important Roman monuments - Augustus’ arch and Tiberius’ bridge – followed by a notice on the ruins of the amphitheatre and Caesar’s suggestum (1701). |
| Author | Blainville de |
| Title | Travels through Holland, Germany, Switzerland and other parts of Europe but especially Italy, London 1743-1745, vol. II, p. 217-231 |
| Notes | Demonstration of the falseness of Caesar’s suggestum in the market-place; notes about the amphitheatre and other ancient ruins (1707). |
| Author | Branden, Corneille – Jean – Marie van den |
| Title | Le voyage en Italie du chevalier van den Branden de Reeth (25 octobre 1713 – 23 septembre 1714), in Ch. Terlinden, «Bulletin de l'Institut historique Belge de Rome» 30 (1957), p. 228 |
| Notes | Notice about the arrival after the crossing of the Rubicon and about some ancient monuments (1714). |
| Author | Chancel, A.D. |
| Title | A new journey over Europe…, London 1714, p. 109 |
| Notes | Notice about the ruins of the amphitheatre (1715). |
| Author | Caylus, Anne Claude Philippe de |
| Title | Voyage d'Italie 1714-1715, Paris 1914, p. 159-162] |
| Notes | Transcription of the Roman inscriptions in the city place; notes about Augustus’ and Tiberius’ bridge, Augustus’ triumphal arch, the ruins of the Roman amphitheatre and the supposed ruins of the ancient harbour and lighthouse (1715). |
| Author | [anonym] |
| Title | Remarques d'un voyageur sur la Hollande, l'Allemagne, l'Italie, l'Espagne, le Portugal, l'Afrique, le Bresil & quelques isles de la Méditerranée, La Haye 1728, p. 191 |
| Notes | City famous after Constantine’s council and notice on Caesar’s pedestal in the market-place (1717/1728?). |
| Author | Breval, John |
| Title |
Remarks on several parts of Europe and Portugal, London 1726, vol. II, p. 222-223 |
| Notes |
Notes on the Roman origin, the Roman bridge - “wonderful for its structure” - and the inscription written on it (1720). |
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Pöllnitz, Karl Ludwig von |
| Title |
Nouveaux memoires du Baron de Pollnitz, contenant l'histoire de sa vie, et la relation de ses premiers voyages, Amsterdam 1737, vol. II, p. 165 |
| Notes |
Notes on Caesar, Augustus’ arch, the ruins of the amphitheatre and the bridge built by Augustus and Tiberius (1720?). |
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| Author |
Wright, Edward |
| Title |
Some observations made in travelling through France, Italy, &c. in the years 1720, 1721, and 1722, London 1730, vol. I, p. 118-120 |
| Notes |
Notice on the Roman bridge, Caesar’s suggestum and other ruins (1720/1721). |
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Martini, Georg Christoph |
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Reise nach Italien (manuscript preserved in Lucca), vol. I, p. 87-89, tab. XXIV |
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Short essay on the ancient town and description of its monuments, particularly the arch (1723). |
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| Author | Vynckt, Luc – Joseph van der |
| Title | Voyage en Italie de trois gentilshommes flamands 1725-1725, in Ch. Terlinden, «Bulletin de l'Institut historique Belge de Rome» 30 (1957), p. 489-490 |
| Notes | Description of the ancient monuments, particularly Augustus’ triumphal arch, the marble bridge with Augustus’ and Tiberius’ inscriptions, the pedestal from which Caesar delivered his speech after the crossing of the Rubicon, the ruins of the amphitheatre and the ancient lighthouse (1725). |
| Author | [anonym] |
| Title | Souvenirs des pélerinages d'un franciscain belge en Italie en 1726 et en 1733, in Ch. Terlinden, «Bulletin de l'Institut historique Belge de Rome» 30 (1957), p. 99 |
| Notes | Digression on the notabilia of the Roman history of the town that was the seat of several meetings of legions, a council in which Saint Jerome took part, the conquest of Caesar (indication of the presence of the pedestal) and the construction of several monuments under Augustus (1726/1733). |
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Montesquieu, Charles – Louis de Secondat de |
| Title | G. Macchia, G. Colasanti (ed.), Montesquieu, Viaggio in Italia, Bari 1995, p. 269-270 |
| Notes | Enthusiastic notes about Augustus’ arch and Tiberius’ bridge (1729). |
| Author |
Silhouette, Etienne de |
| Title | Voyage de France, d'Espagne, de Portugal et d'Italie, Paris 1770, vol. I, p. 183 |
| Notes | Short notice on the ancient ruins and the harbour, formerly famous, now covered with sand (1729). |
| Author | Thompson, Charles |
| Title | The travels of the late Charles Thompson, Market – Place 1744, vol. I, p. 221 |
| Notes | Notice on the ancient harbour, Augustus’ arch, the ruins of the amphitheatre, the suggestum and the crossing of the Rubicon, the council that took place in 359 (1730) |
| Author | [anonym] |
| Title | Voyage historique et polithique de Suisse, d'Italie et d'Allemagne, Frankfurt 1736-1743, vol. I, p. 357-358 |
| Notes | Description and history of Tiberius’ marble bridge and Augustus’ arch (1735). |
| Author | Dick, Alexander |
| Title | A.Forbes, W. Brown (eds.) Curiosities of a Scots Charta Chest 1600-1800, Edinburgh 1897, p. 119 |
| Notes | Notice on the ancient bridge and the legends about Caesar and the Rubicon (1737). |
| Author | Brosses, Charles de |
| Title | Viaggio in Italia.Lettere ai familiari, Bari 1973, p. 630 |
| Notes | A single mention “a beautiful bridge made of ancient marble with five arcades” (1740). |
| Author | Goethe, Johann Caspar von |
| Title | A.Farinelli (ed.), Viaggio in Italia (1740), Roma 1932-1933, vol. I, p. 96-99 |
| Notes | Mention of Tiberius’ bridge, description of Augustus’ arch, transcription of some inscriptions and regret about the stones of the harbour, re-used for the construction of Malatestian Temple (1740). |
| Author | Flachat, Jean – Claude |
| Title | Observations sur le commerce et sur les arts d'une partie de l'Europe, de l'Asie, de l'Afrique et même des Indes Orientales, Lyon 1766, vol. I, p. 126 |
| Notes | Notice concerning the council that took place in the city (1740). |
| Author | Temanza, Tommaso |
| Title | G. Rimondini (ed.), Delle antichità di Rimino, Rimini 1996, 72 p. |
| Notes |
Detailed description of the ancient monuments of Rimini (Original edition Venice, 1741). |
| Author | Jeffereys, D. |
| Title | A journal from London to Rome…, London (1743?), p. 83-85 |
| Notes | Notice on the Roman ruins, particularly Augustus’ bridge and arch (1741). |
| Author | Butler, Alban |
| Title | Travels through France and Italy, and part of Austrian, French and Dutch Netherlands, during the years 1745 and 1746, London Newcastle 1803, p. 340-341 |
| Notes | Note about the Council of Rimini (1746). |
| Author | Nugent, Thomas |
| Title | The grand tour, or a journey through the Netherlands, Germany, Italy and France, London 1778, vol. III, p. 197-200 |
| Notes | Notes about the Roman monuments and remarks on the ancient lighthouse and the marble pedestal of the market-place (1749). |
| Author | Orbessan, Anne – Marie D'Aignan d' |
| Title | Mélanges historiques, critiques, de physique, de littérature et de poésie, Paris 1768, vol. I, p. 392-394 |
| Notes | History and enthusiastic description of the town - described as more ancient than Rome - and of its monuments (1749). |
| Author | Cochin, Charles Nicolas |
| Title | Voyage d'Italie, ou recueil de notes sur les ouvrages de peinture & de sculpture, qu'on voit dans les principales villes d'Italie, Paris 1758, vol. I, p. 91-92 |
| Notes | Notes about the triumphal arch built by Tiberius under Augustus, the most interesting contemporary bridge and the amphitheatre (1750). |
| Author | Maihows dr. |
| Title | Letters from several parts of Europe and the East, London 1753, vol. I, p. 360-369 |
| Notes | Notice on the re-use of the marbles of the ancient harbour in S. Francesco (Malatestian Temple), the Roman ruins, the suggestum and the classic authors that have written about the town (1750). |
| Author | Jörg, Carl |
| Title | Pfalzgraf Friedrich Michael von Zweibrücken und das Tagebuch seiner Reise nach Italien, München Bamberg Leipzig 1892, p. 79 |
| Notes | Notes on the richness of the Roman ruins, especially the amphitheatre (1751). |
| Author | Northall, John |
| Title | Travels through Italy…, London 1766, p. 405-406 |
| Notes | Notice about the Roman antiquities (1752). |
| Author | Volkmann, Johann Jacob |
| Title | Historisch-Kritische Nachrichten von Italien, welche eine genaue Beschreibung dieses Landes, der Sitten..., Leipzig 1777-1778, vol. III, p. 503-508 |
| Notes | Description of Augustus’ arch, the pedestal from which Caesar delivered his speech in the market-place, the remains of the P. Sempronius’ amphitheatre, and Saint Julian’s bridge (1757/1758). |
| Author | La Porte, Joseph de |
| Title | Le voyageur françois ou la connoissance de l'ancien et du nouveau monde, Paris 1765-1795, vol. XXVI, p. 71-75 |
| Notes | Notes on the ancientness of the town and the few ruins of the pedestal from which Caesar delivered his speech, Augustus’ and Tiberius’ bridge, Augustus’ triumphal arch, the harbour, formerly of a certain importance, now demolished to allow the construction of the churches; notice on the famous council of 359 (1758). |
| Author | Grosley, Pierre-Jean |
| Title | Nouveaux memoires, ou observations sur l'Italie et sur les Italiens, par deux gentilshommes suedois, London 1764, vol. I, p. 231-234 |
| Notes | Description of Augustus’ and Tiberius’ marble bridge and Augustus’ triumphal arch; notes on the harbour disued because of the retreat of the sea and the materials of which have been re-used by Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, and on the Cathedral built upon an old temple dedicated to Castor and Pollux (1758). |
| Author | Richard, Jérôme |
| Title | Description historique et critique de l'Italie, ou Nouueaux memoires sur l'etat actuel de son gouuernement, des sciences, des arts, du commerce, de la population et de l'histoire naturelle, Dijon 1766, vol. VI, p. 465-467 |
| Notes | Short history of the town and notes on the bridge and the triumphal arch, both of Augustan age (1761/1762). |
| Author | Brussel, Pierre |
| Title | La promenade utile et récreative de deux parisiens en cent soixante cinq jours, Avignon 1768, vol. I, p. 180-181 |
| Notes | Notes on the Roman ruins (1763). |
| Author | Coyer, Gabriel Francois |
| Title | Voyages d'Italie et de Hollande, Paris 1775, vol. II, p. 6-7 |
| Notes | Notes on the decline of the ancient harbour, Augustus’ arch, the bridge started by Augustus and terminated by Tiberius, the column erected in the main square in memory of Caesar’s speech and the Council of Rimini (1764). |
| Author | Morgan, John |
| Title | J. B. Lippincott, The journal of John Morgan of Philadelphia from the city of rome to the city of London, 1764, Philadelphia 1907, p. 73 |
| Notes | Short note on the triumphal arch (1764). |
| Author | Sharp, Samuel |
| Title | Letters from Italy describing the customs and manners of that country, in the years 1765 and 1766, London 1766, p. 38 |
| Notes | Note on the great pleasure received by contemplating the Augustan ruins and crossing the Rubicon (1765). |
| Author | Lalande, Joseph – Jérôme Lefrançais : de |