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Research in the field of epigraphy is continually enriched by the discovery of unpublished documents and is today experiencing a radical renewal thanks to digital technologies.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

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