Finding Aid for Rusicade: théâtre romain, Philippeville, 1895 90.R.1
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Title: Rusicade: théâtre romain, Philippeville
Creator:
Bertrand, Louis, 1866-1941
Creator:
Ranoux, Henri
Identifier/Call Number: 90.R.1
Physical Description:
1 album(s)
(30 photographic prints)
Date: 1895
Abstract: Album of cyanotypes and text recording archaeological investigations at the
ancient site of Rusicada, the present day port city of Skikda, Algeria.
Language of Material: Collection material is in French.
Arrangement
Arranged in a single series: Series I. Rusicade: théâtre romain, Philippeville, 1895.
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.
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 1990.
Preferred Citation.
Rusicade : théâtre romain, Philippeville, 1895, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 90.R.1
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa90r1
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).
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
Digitized Material
The collection was digitized by the repository and the images are available online:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/90r1
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Rome — Antiquities
Cyanotypes -- Algeria -- 19th century
Mithraism
Skikdah (Algeria) -- Antiquities, Roman
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Algeria -- Skikda
Theaters -- Algeria -- Skikda
Architecture, Roman -- Algeria -- Skikda
Art, Roman -- Algeria -- Skikda
Rusicade: théâtre romain, Philippeville, Series I.
1895
Rusicade: théâtre romain, Philippeville (digitized version)
Arrangement
In orignal order.
box 1, page 1 recto
Théâtre romain et musée en plein air 90.R.1-1r
box 1, page 2 recto
Partie d'un bas relief en marbre blanc, colonnee brisée en marbre blanc 90.R.1-2r
box 1, page 3 recto
M. Henri Ranoux, architecte, moulin romain trouvé à St. Charles, arrondt. de Philippeville (17 k.) 90.R.1-3r
Scope and Contents
Entré par mes soins au musée.
box 1, page 4 recto
Fragment supéurier d'une colonne milliaire, en marbre blanc, statue de l'empereur Hadrian,? en marbre blanc 90.R.1-4r
box 1, page 5 recto
Dolium trouvé dans des fouilles, en mai 1892, et entré par mes soins au musée 90.R.1-5r
box 1, page 6 recto
Sarcophage en marbre blanc, porte entr' ouverte 90.R.1-6r
box 1, page 7 recto
Sarcophage marbre blanc 90.R.1-7r
box 1, page 8 recto
Sarcophage marbre blanc 90.R.1-8r
box 1, page 9 recto
Sarcophages d'enfants; marbre blanc 90.R.1-9r
box 1, page 10recto
Statue de femme, marbre blanc, statue municipale, marbre blanc, statue de l'empereur Antonin,? marbre blanc 90.R.1-10r
box 1, page 11 recto
Divers ornaments d'architecture 90.R.1-11r
box 1, page 12 recto
[Two Bas-reliefs, and the Bottom Portion of a Statuette] 90.R.1-12r
Scope and Contents
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.
box 1, page 13 recto
[Three Statues, a Manhole Cover, and a Dado] 90.R.1-13r
Scope and Contents
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.
box 1, page 14 recto
Sarcophage, marbre blanc, scaphium, marbre blanc 90.R.1-14r
Scope and Contents
Note below sarcophage: Retrouvé et reconstitué par mes soins en 1892. A l'angle droit, un joueur de flúte, à peine ébauché.
box 1, page 15 recto
Pierres de canalisation, statue gronière en grès, vase en marbre rose, entrouvé d'un serpent 90.R.1-15r
box 1, page 17 recto
Fragment de colonne, marbre blanc, avec son chapiteau 90.R.1-17r
box 1, page 18 recto
Statuette, marbre blanc 90.R.1-18r
box 1, page 20 recto
Lampes au terre cuite 90.R.1-20r
box 1, page 22 recto
Pierre en marbre blanc trés ordinaire 90.R.1-22r
box 1, page 23 recto
Statuette, marbre blanc 90.R.1-23r
box 1, page 24 recto
Fragment de pomme de pin, marbre blanc, fragment de statuette, marbre blanc, tête de statue, marbre blanc 90.R.1-24r
box 1, page 25 recto
Buste marbre blanc 90.R.1-25r
box 1, page 26 recto
Tête, marbre blanc, vase marbre blanc, tête, marbre blanc 90.R.1-26r
box 1, page 27 recto
Statuette, marbre blanc 90.R.1-27r
box 1, page 28 recto
Autel votif (marbre blanc) 90.R.1-28r
box 1, page 29 recto
Statuette, marbre blanc 90.R.1-29r
box 1, page 30 recto
Table marbre blanc 90.R.1-30r
