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a temporary exhibit
LVMIERE!
L'éclairage dans l'antiquité
Light!
Lighting in Antiquity
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May 2003 - 30 April 2004
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Among
the lamps in the exhibition were these two Phoenician lamp (right) from
the 7th century BC and (below) a 4th century BC
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For almost a year, a special exhibit on artificial light in antiquity was held at the Nyon Roman Museum. The first museum show on this theme to be held in Switzerland, it brought together 150 lamps, lanterns and candelabra discovered or in collections in Switzerland. | |
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This late 5th century lamp is from Greece.
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This lamp on the right, shaped like a snail, comes from Smyrna |
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This
lamp in the shape of a bull's head is from the 2nd century AD
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This fish shaped lamp dates from the 3rd - 4th century AD, and was found at the St. Bernard Pass. |  |
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This
large bronze lamp was found in Nyon, and dates from the 1st century AD
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These
2 bronze lamps are from 3rd to the 4th century AD. The one on the left
is in the form of four birds with open beaks, from Turkey. The one on
the right was found in Nyon.
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These two pages from plant collections are among many in the show used to illustrate the source of wicks (linen, on the left) and fuel oil (olive, on the right). |  |
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This
picture shows the top of a 4th century AD silver candelabra from Augst
(Basel)
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The
catalogue of the exhibition LVMIERE! is available from the Nyon Roman
Museum, rue Maupertuis, C.P. 265, CH-1260 Nyon 1. (Switzerland). ISBN
88-86752-23-7
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the
Rhone River
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This page was updated on 29 January, 2004 by K. Epps
Unless
otherwise mentioned, all photos are by Katharine Epps.
Sauf mention contraire les photos sont de Katharine Epps
nyon@isg-online.org