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Research in the field of epigraphy is continually enriched by the discovery of unpublished documents and is today experiencing a radical renewal thanks to digital technologies.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

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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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