The sourced Wikipedia account of the Pillar of the Boatmen, its 1710 discovery beneath Notre-Dame de Paris, its erection by the sailors' guild of Lutetia under Tiberius, its sixteen carved images mixing the Roman and Celtic pantheons, and its present display at the Musee de Cluny.
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Citation
PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillar_of_the_Boatmen
Source Typeencyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier3
Tier three: a collaboratively edited reference article, used here for discovery, dimensions and the named deities, agreeing with an independent classical-antiquity feature on every fact used. Cross-Tradition Connections
Associated With
This source names Notre-Dame de Paris directly: "Boatmen, its 1710 discovery beneath Notre-Dame de Paris, its erection by the sailors' guild of Lutetia under Tiberius, its sixteen carved images mixing the Roman and Celtic pantheons, and its..."
Claims Backed By This Source (19 claims)
This source backs 19 claims across the atlas. As facts: 13 well-attested. As cited relationships: 5 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 13 claims: 8 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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