Rusicade: théâtre romain, Philippeville, 1895

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Summary

Creators:
Bertrand, Louis, 1866-1941 and Ranoux, Henri
Abstract:
Album of cyanotypes and text recording archaeological investigations at the ancient site of Rusicada, the present day port city of Skikda, Algeria.
Extent:
1 album(s) (30 photographic prints)
Language:
Collection material is in French.
Preferred citation:

Rusicade : théâtre romain, Philippeville, 1895, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 90.R.1

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa90r1

Background

Scope and content:

The album of 30 cyanotypes records archaeological investigations at the ancient site of Rusicada (Skikda), once an important port in the Roman period. The site was entirely built over during the French occupation of Algeria and its monuments are only known in several nineteenth century drawings. Objects from the site were first displayed in an open-air museum and later in the Philippeville Museum. The museum was destroyed between 1954 and 1962 and the objects housed there were removed for safekeeping. The album depicts many of the objects not illustrated in the 1896 museum catalog, showing them as they were displayed in the earlier open-air museum.

Included are views of the architectural remains, with a plan of the Roman theater, and the archaeological finds, consisting mainly of sculpture, ceramics, and a mosaic, all of which were displayed in the open-air museum near the theater. Several objects representing the cult of Mithras are represented.

The album is bound in red cloth with "Album" stamped in gilt on front cover. Text consists of captions for the photographs, with detailed measurements given for the objects depicted. Titles of the individual images are from the captions. Measurements and other notes are not transcribed.

Biographical / historical:

Henri Ranoux was an architect and archaeologist. The author of the text, Louis Bertrand, was the head of the Philippeville Museum at the site of Rusicada (now known as Skikda) in Algeria, and professor at the Lycée in Bugeaud, Algeria from 1891-1900. He wrote numerous travel books, histories, and novels.

Acquisition information:
Acquired in 1990.
Processing information:

Processed and cataloged by Beth Ann Guynn; finding aid encoded by Holly Larson with grant funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).

Arrangement:

Arranged in a single series: Series I. Rusicade: théâtre romain, Philippeville, 1895.

Physical location:
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Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Rusicade : théâtre romain, Philippeville, 1895, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 90.R.1

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa90r1

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