colour, and its fine polish allow us to make the hypothesis of its use in imitation of the red antic egyptian porphyry (lapis porphyrites). Eduani's coloured stones ...
ASMOSIA VIII
Building and Decorative stones in Augustodunum (Autun, France) Véronique Brunet-Gaston (Spécialiste en architecture antique, Inrap, UMR 6565) Christophe Gaston (Architecte-Archéologue, Inrap, UMR 6565) Annie Blanc (Géologue, LRMH) Philippe Blanc (Géologue, UPMC) Didier Lamotte (Géo-archéologue, Inrap, UMR 6298) Jacqueline Lorenz (Géologue Maître de conf. Honoraire de UP) Brigitte Chabard-Maurice (Conservatrice Musée Rolin) Pascale Chardron-Picault (Archéologue Municipale) Jean-Pierre Gely (Géologue, MNHN et Paris I) Dominique Tardy (Spécialiste en architecture antique, IRAA, CNRS)
Summary 14 A.D.
Building & coloured stones of ciuitas eduani Coloured Gallic stones Mediterranean coloured stones Greek and Asian Egyptian and African
54 A.D.
White marbles ciuitas eduani Carrara
116 A.D.
Severus
Coloured stones found in Autun Gallic stones Mediterranean stones
Building & coloured stones of ciuitas eduani Arkose - wood of Prohun, wood of Cros (near Autun) White limestone - Fontaines (Burgundy) Limestone - Near Tonnerre (Burgundy) -------------------------------------Yellow Limestone - Farges (Burgundy) Limestone - Massangis (Burgundy)
Pink Granite - near Autun Bituminous Schiste – near Autun Grey Limestone – Gilly / Diou (Burgundy) Crinoïdic limestone – Pouillenay (Burgundy)
Ciuitas eduani
Eduani’s stones - Arkose Its extreme hardness and good resistance to compression makes this a very durable material, available in the form of untreated or moulding and decoration.
Eduani’s stones - Arkose Its extreme hardness and good resistance to compression makes this a very durable material, available in the form of untreated or moulding and decoration.
Eduani’s stones - Pink granite Old quarries near Autun situated at the SW of the city, in the forest.
Altar with head of children and scrolls (not dated).
Eduani’s black stones
Bituminous Schiste near Autun Ornate panel : rosette. Musée Rolin
Little corinthian capital. Musée Rolin.
Eduani’s black stones
Bituminous Schiste near Autun Ornate panel : shield. Musée Rolin.
Pilaster with scrolls. Musée Rolin.
Grey marble limestone : Gilly (Saône & Loire) - Diou (Allier) Grey limestone Gilly / Diou (Burgundy) Bioclastic coarse limestone with crinoïds and polyps.
Monumental column. Musée lapidaire.
Grey marble limestone : Gilly (Saône & Loire) - Diou (Allier) Grey limestone Gilly / Diou (Burgundy)
Attic base. Musée lapidaire.
Capital ?. Musée lapidaire.
Grey marble limestone : Gilly (Saône & Loire) - Diou (Allier)
The old quarries were near the river Loire. At Gilly, the quarries were in used until the XIXth century and also in the beginning of XXth to make lime, some samples were taken near lime furnace.
Grey marble limestone : Gilly (Saône & Loire) - Diou (Allier)
Old quarries near Fontête situated at the W of the city, it is a grey fine limestone with white veins.
Upper devonian. Some samples were taken in the debris.
Eduani’s coloured stones Crinoïdic limestone also called brown breccia Pouillenay (Burgundy)
Attic base. Musée lapidaire.
Dedicated altar. Musée Rolin.
Eduani’s coloured stones Its warm colours, orange to lees colour, and its fine polish allow us to make the hypothesis of its use in imitation of the red antic egyptian porphyry (lapis porphyrites).
Red crinoïdic limestone : encrinite.
Baldacchino. Musée Rolin.
Hypothèse de restitution
Ch. Gaston
Eduani’s limestones Tuscan capital with peopled scrolled, composite capital and attic base, for example… Musée lapidaire
White limestone - Fontaines (Burgondy)
Others eduani’s limestones
Composite capital. Limestone from the area of Tonnerre. Musée lapidaire.
Cornice. Limestone from Fontaines. Musée lapidaire.
Ciuitas eduani
Others Gallic coloured stones
« Griotte » des Pyrénées Devonian limestone
Pink limestone – Mayenne
Greek and asian stones found in Autun Marbre « serpentin » Marmor lacedaemonium
« Porphyre Vert Antique » Marmor thessalicum
Marbre « Rouge Antique » Marmor taenarium
Marbre de Chios Marmor chium
« Marbre de Skyros » Marmor scyreticum
Cipolin vert Marmor caristium
Marbre « Fleur de pêcher » Marmor chalcidicum
Brêche africaine Marmor lucullaeum
Granite de Troade Marmor troadense
Marbre de Synnada Marmor phrygium
Brêche coralline Marmor sagarium
Albâtre calcaire ?
Greek stones Marbre « Rouge Antique »
Marmor taenarium
Little acanthus capital. Musée Rolin.
Asiatic stones Granite de Troade
Marmor troadense
Detail of the stone.
Column. Musée lapidaire.
African and egyptian stones found in Autun Granite « Claudien » Marmor claudianum
« Granito della Sedia » Lapis ophytes ?
Porphyre vert égyptien Lapis ieracites
Granite « del foro » Marmor tiberianum
« Porphyre Rouge Antique » Lapis Porphyrites
« Granite de la Colonne » Albâtre calcaire ?
Marbre « Jaune Antique » Marmor Numidicum
Marbre « Grec écrit »
Egyptian stones « Porphyre Rouge Antique »
Lapis porphyrites Decorative stone Musée Rolin.
« Granite of the Column»
Column. Musée Rolin.
African and egyptian stones Marbre « Grec écrit »
Decorative stone Musée Rolin.
Porphyre vert égyptien
Lapis ieracites
Decorative stone Musée Rolin.
White marbles of
ciuitas eduani
Morvan White marbles Among the old quarries of the Morvan, white marble from Châtelperron (Allier) present coarse grains of calcite and small yellow and pink veins. Into those well hidden quarries some samples were taken for analysis : thin sections, cathodoluminescence (CL) and stable isotopes.
Châtelperron old quarry.
Morvan White marbles Among the old quarries of the Morvan, white marble from Châtelperron (Allier) present coarse grains of calcite and small yellow and pink veins. Into those well hidden quarries some samples were taken for analysis : thin sections, cathodoluminescence (CL) and stable isotopes.
CL of coarse grained white marble, 30X.
Coarse grained white marble, thin section N+ , 30X.
The provenance of the coarse grained white marble used for architectonic elements found in Augustodunum is probably Châtelperron and St-Léon quarries.
White marble of Châtelperron Some example of Corinthian capital
White marble of Châtelperron Some exemple of Corinthian capital and is brother in white cristalline marble from Carrara (!)
Vrbs’s stones : white cristalline marble of Luni (Carrara)
This curvilinear cornice in white fine marble (Luni ?) shows the use of imported material.
Spout
Vrbs’s stones : white marble of Luni (Carrara) Some Carrara capital of different reigns
CORINTHIAN CAPITAL
Luni (Carrara)
Corinthian capital (upper part)
Corinthian capital (placage)
Luni (Carrara)
Palm capital and Corinthian capital
Frequency diagram depicting the distribution of the various marble varieties. (Lazzarini.)
Credits Photograph Ph. Blanc D. Lamotte V. Brunet-Gaston
Maps D. Lamotte
Drawings Ch. Gaston © PCR « Augustodunum »
