Urban landscapes: Sign Boards in Lyons (XVIth-XVIIIth Century)
Journal title STORIA URBANA
Author/s Olivier Zeller
Publishing Year 2026 Issue 2024/179
Language French Pages 27 P. 5-31 File size 595 KB
DOI 10.3280/SU2024-179001
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This article discusses the main results of the exploitation of a data bank dedicated to house names and shop signs in Lyons from the 16th to the 18th century, gathering 1586 items. First, the study exposes what were the institutional rules, then describes the material diversity of signs, their thematical diversity, their hierarchy of colors. The main results are a strong link between the signs density and the urban social geography – the boards being concentrated in the hospitality and trade wards, but being scarcely visible in the popular wards – the numerical weight of religious, animal and political themes, the specificity of suburbs. Overall, the evolution of rules and practices lead to a deep modification of urban landscapes.
Keywords: Urban landscape, Sign Boards, Social Geography, Lyons, Early modern period.
Olivier Zeller, Paysages urbains: les enseignes à Lyon (XVIe-XVIIIe siècle) in "STORIA URBANA " 179/2024, pp 5-31, DOI: 10.3280/SU2024-179001