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Research in the field of epigraphy is continually enriched by the discovery of unpublished documents and is today experiencing a radical renewal thanks to digital technologies.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

Thema codes NKX • CFL • 1D • 3KB

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 it, fr

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