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Research in the field of epigraphy is continually enriched by the discovery of unpublished documents and is today experiencing a radical renewal thanks to digital technologies.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