Finding Aid for Rusicade: théâtre romain, Philippeville, 1895
Beth Ann Guynn
Descriptive Summary
Title: Rusicade: théâtre romain, Philippeville
Date (inclusive): 1895
Number: 90.R.1
Creator/Collector:
Ranoux, Henri
Physical Description:
1 album(s)
(30 photographic prints)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90049-1688
Business Number: (310) 440-7390
Fax Number: (310) 440-7780
reference@getty.edu
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: Album of cyanotypes and text recording
archaeological investigations at the ancient site of Rusicada, the present day port city of
Skikda, Algeria.
Language: Collection material is in
French.
Biographical/Historical Note
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.
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation.
Rusicade : théâtre romain, Philippeville, 1895, Getty Research Institute, Research Library,
Accession no. 90.R.1
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa90r1
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 1990.
Processing History
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).
Digitized Material
The collection was digitized by the repository and the images are available online:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/90r1
Scope and Content of Collection
This album of cyanotypes records archaeological investigations at the ancient site of
Rusicada, 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
19th-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. This album depicts many of the objects
not illustrated in the 1896 museum catalog 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.
Arrangement
Arranged in a single series: Series I. Rusicade: théâtre romain, Philippeville, 1895.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Topics
Mithraism
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Algeria -- Skikda
Theaters -- Algeria -- Skikda
Architecture, Roman -- Algeria -- Skikda
Art, Roman -- Algeria -- Skikda
Subjects - Places
Rome - Antiquities
Skikdah (Algeria) -- Antiquities, Roman
Genres and Forms of Material
Cyanotypes -- Algeria -- 19th century
Contributors
Bertrand, Louis,
1866-1941
Ranoux, Henri
Series I.
Rusicade: théâtre romain, Philippeville,
1895
Arrangement
In orignal order.
90.R.1-1
Théâtre romain et Musée en plein air
90.R.1-2
Partie d'un bas relief en marbre blanc, colonnee brisée en marbre
blanc
90.R.1-3
M. Henri Ranoux, Architecte, moulin romain trouvé à St. Charles, arrondt. de
Philippeville (17 k.)
Scope and Content Note
Entré par mes soins au musée.
90.R.1-4
Fragment supéurier d'une colonne milliaire, en marbre blanc, statue de
l'empereur Hadrian,? en marbre blanc
90.R.1-5
Dolium trouvé dans des fouilles, en Mai 1892, et entré par mes soins au
musée
90.R.1-6
Sarcophage en marbre blanc, porte entr' ouverte
90.R.1-7
Sarcophage marbre blanc
90.R.1-8
Sarcophage marbre blanc
90.R.1-9
Sarcophages d'enfants; marbre blanc
90.R.1-10
Statue de femme, marbre blanc, statue municipale, marbre blanc, statue de
l'empereur Antonin,? marbre blanc
90.R.1-11
Divers ornaments d'architecture
90.R.1-12
[Two Bas-reliefs, and the Bottom Portion of a Statuette]
Scope and Content Note
In caption: Bas-relief, marbre blanc, sacrifice d'un taureau; partiê inférieure d'une
statuette, marbre blanc; fragment de bas-relief, marbre blanc, scéne au bord de la
mer.
90.R.1-13
[Three Statues, a Manhole Cover, and a Dado]
Scope and Content Note
In caption: Statue de femme, marbre blanc; statue de la déesse Hygie, marbre blanc;
statue de femme, marbre blanc; regard d'égout, en grès; dé en marbre blanc, avec
inscription.
90.R.1-14
Sarcophage, marbre blanc, scaphium, marbre blanc
Scope and Content Note
Note below sarcophage: Retrouvé et reconstitué par mes soins en 1892. A l'angle
droit, un joueur de flúte, à peine ébauché.
90.R.1-15
Pierres de Canalisation, statue gronière en grès, vase en marbre rose,
entrouvé d'un serpent
90.R.1-17
Fragment de colonne, marbre blanc, avec son chapiteau
90.R.1-18
Statuette, marbre blanc
90.R.1-20
Lampes au terre cuite
90.R.1-22
Pierre en marbre blanc trés ordinaire
90.R.1-23
Statuette, marbre blanc
90.R.1-24
Fragment de pomme de pin, marbre blanc, fragment de statuette, marbre blanc,
tête de statue, marbre blanc
90.R.1-25
Buste marbre blanc
90.R.1-26
Tête, marbre blanc, vase marbre blanc, tête, marbre blanc
90.R.1-27
Statuette, marbre blanc
90.R.1-28
Autel votif (marbre blanc)
90.R.1-29
Statuette, marbre blanc
90.R.1-30
Table marbre blanc
