Antiquity Studies

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Studies on the Handwritten Tradition of Ancient Inscriptions

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Abstract
Research in the field of epigraphy is continually enriched by the discovery of unpublished documents and is today experiencing a radical renewal thanks to digital technologies. A fundamental component of the ‘epigrapher’s craft’, however, is also the philological reconstruction and investigation of the figures who engaged in the collation of ancient inscription witnesses. The volume includes sixteen essays by Italian and French scholars dedicated to the examination of the manuscript and printed tradition of epigraphy, which Theodor Mommsen called the “most difficult part” of the discipline. From the treasures still hidden in numerous libraries across Europe, a picture of great documentary richness emerges, which portends enormous potential for future research.

Keywords Nani Museum • Trebellius Pollio • Archives • Antiquarian collections • Bellièvre • Vaison-la-Romaine • Viducasses • Bonifacius Amerbach • Bibliotheca Epigraphica Manuscripta • Conventus Hispalensis • Hercules Invictus • Stones • Historiography • Sevillian humanism • French Revolution • Devotion • Digesta • Iconography • Authenticity • Churches • Roman antiquities • Turranius Gratianus • Acknowledgement of debt • Lyon • Theodor Mommsen • Imperial administration • Epigraphic manuscript • Manuscript • Roman Campania • Phlegraean Fields • Iberian epigraphy • Libraries • Tarentum • Epitaphs • Normandy • Narona • Reuse • Codices Barberini • Jupiter Dolichenus • Inscriptions • Epigraphic fakes • Falsae • Writing tablets from London • Collecting • Epigraphy • Farnese Collection • Roman epigraphy • Dioscuri • Andrea Alciato • Aureolus • Latin inscriptions • Nani • Collection • Epigraphic forgery • Jacopo Bellini • Epigraphic manuscripts • Procedural representation • National Archaeological Museum of Naples • Work • Honorific inscription • Antoine Galland • Aurelio Guarnieri Ottoni • Codices Vaticani • Roman jurists • Antiquarianism • Rodrigo Caro • Ferdinando Galiani • Lost inscriptions • Suarès • Manuscripts

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Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-374-8 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-374-8 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-375-5 | Number of pages 348 | Dimensions 16x23cm | Published Dec. 11, 2019 | Language fr, it

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