Antiquity Studies

Series | Antiquity Studies
Volume 24 | Edited book | Altera pars laboris

Altera pars laboris

Studies on the Handwritten Tradition of Ancient Inscriptions
open access | peer reviewed
    edited by
  • Lorenzo Calvelli - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email orcid profile
  • Giovannella Cresci Marrone - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email orcid profile
  • Alfredo Buonopane - Università degli Studi di Verona, Italia - email

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Research in the field of epigraphy is continually enriched by the discovery of unpublished documents and is today experiencing a radical renewal thanks to digital technologies.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

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

Copyright © 2019 Lorenzo Calvelli, Giovannella Cresci Marrone, Alfredo Buonopane. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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