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Research in the field of epigraphy is continually enriched by the discovery of unpublished documents and is today experiencing a radical renewal thanks to digital technologies.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

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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

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