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Research in the field of epigraphy is continually enriched by the discovery of unpublished documents and is today experiencing a radical renewal thanks to digital technologies.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

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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