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Research in the field of epigraphy is continually enriched by the discovery of unpublished documents and is today experiencing a radical renewal thanks to digital technologies.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 AntiquarianismCodices BarberiniEpigraphic manuscriptNaniLost inscriptionsTrebellius PollioNaronaImperial administrationNormandyLatin inscriptionsTurranius GratianusStonesRoman juristsTarentumEpitaphsWorkIberian epigraphyEpigraphic fakesEpigraphyCollectionHercules InvictusIconographyDevotionHonorific inscriptionBellièvreManuscriptVaison-la-RomaineConventus HispalensisViducassesJacopo BelliniAurelio Guarnieri OttoniEpigraphic forgeryLibrariesPhlegraean FieldsTheodor MommsenHistoriographyCollectingRoman antiquitiesRoman epigraphyCodices VaticaniAuthenticityEpigraphic manuscriptsFrench RevolutionLyonDioscuriRoman CampaniaAureolusNani MuseumWriting tablets from LondonDigestaAntiquarian collectionsChurchesFalsaeJupiter DolichenusFarnese CollectionFerdinando GalianiNational Archaeological Museum of NaplesManuscriptsBonifacius AmerbachInscriptionsSevillian humanismBibliotheca Epigraphica ManuscriptaProcedural representationAcknowledgement of debtRodrigo CaroAntoine GallandSuarèsReuseArchivesAndrea 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