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Research in the field of epigraphy is continually enriched by the discovery of unpublished documents and is today experiencing a radical renewal thanks to digital technologies.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

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 fr, it

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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