Schémas, jeux de lignes et dessins inédits dans les manuscrits de Salammbô

The point of this article is the presentation of selected pages of Salammbô’s draft. On eleven pages of these we have discovered either unpublished drawings or particular page settings. This study presents their origin and their function in the text’s genesis. Among these eleven pages, seven are stylized figures of reality: the diagram of the cisterns that are compared to a “grill”, the plan of the temple of Tanit, the drawing of Salammbô’s conic headdress, the representation of discs by dots and lines, the draft of a star, and two maps of military camps. On three other pages we have identified symbolic figures: Tanit’s sign on two pages, and a sacred Egyptian basket. The page setting of a dramatic moment is apparent on the eleventh page, studied for its improvised graphic disposition which is interesting for its creative licence.