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Research in the field of epigraphy is continually enriched by the discovery of unpublished documents and is today experiencing a radical renewal thanks to digital technologies.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

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

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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