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Research in the field of epigraphy is continually enriched by the discovery of unpublished documents and is today experiencing a radical renewal thanks to digital technologies.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