Series |
Antiquity Studies
Volume 24 | Edited book | Altera pars laboris
Studies on the Handwritten Tradition of Ancient Inscriptions
open access | peer reviewed
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Research in the field of epigraphy is continually enriched by the discovery of unpublished documents and is today experiencing a radical renewal thanks to digital technologies.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 Andrea Alciato • Viducasses • Collection • Bibliotheca Epigraphica Manuscripta • Roman epigraphy • National Archaeological Museum of Naples • Sevillian humanism • Collecting • Farnese Collection • Hercules Invictus • Epigraphy • Epigraphic forgery • Jacopo Bellini • Dioscuri • Churches • Devotion • Lyon • Epitaphs • Epigraphic fakes • Antiquarianism • Manuscript • Normandy • Acknowledgement of debt • Iberian epigraphy • Suarès • French Revolution • Trebellius Pollio • Iconography • Inscriptions • Codices Vaticani • Archives • Bellièvre • Aurelio Guarnieri Ottoni • Epigraphic manuscript • Nani • Libraries • Reuse • Codices Barberini • Digesta • Rodrigo Caro • Roman Campania • Honorific inscription • Roman antiquities • Antiquarian collections • Imperial administration • Tarentum • Writing tablets from London • Procedural representation • Vaison-la-Romaine • Jupiter Dolichenus • Authenticity • Bonifacius Amerbach • Roman jurists • Turranius Gratianus • Phlegraean Fields • Latin inscriptions • Stones • Ferdinando Galiani • Work • Epigraphic manuscripts • Theodor Mommsen • Falsae • Lost inscriptions • Conventus Hispalensis • Narona • Manuscripts • Historiography • Nani Museum • Aureolus • Antoine Galland
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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