Pierre Coupel
Pierre Coupel (born September 23, 1899 in Coutances , Département Manche , † July 1, 1983 ) was a French building researcher .
Pierre Coupel graduated as an architect and worked from 1931 to 1946 for the French antiquities administration in Syria and Lebanon . From 1956 he worked for the Service d'architecture antique of the CNRS in Paris (today Institut de recherche sur l'architecture antique). He conducted research in Syria ( Baalbek , Krak des Chevaliers , Philippopolis ) and Asia Minor, where he carried out excavations in Xanthos with Pierre Demargne and Pierre Devambez from 1958 and with Henri Metzger from 1963 .
Publications (selection)
- with Paul Collard : L'autel monumental de Baalbek. Geuthner, Paris 1951.
- with Edmond Frézouls : Le théâtre de Philippopolis en Arabie. Geuthner, Paris 1956.
- with Pierre Demargne : Le monument des Néréides. L'architecture (= Fouilles de Xanthos vol. 3). Klincksieck, Paris 1969.
- with Paul Collard: Le petit autel de Baalbek. Geuthner, Paris 1977.
- with Claude Cahen , Jean Lauffray, Christiane Decamps de Mertzenfeld: La défense du Comté de Tripoli et de la Principauté d'Antioche: étude historique, géographique, toponymique et monumentale. Geuthner, Paris 1977.
- with William AP Childs, Pierre Demargne, Anca Lemaire: Le monument des Néréides. Le décor sculpté (= Fouilles de Xanthos vol. 8). Klincksieck, Paris 1989.
literature
- Ernest Will : Pierre Coupel . In: Syria. Volume 60, 1983, pp. 346-347 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Information on Pierre Coupel in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Coupel, Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French building researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Coutances |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1, 1983 |