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The Cambridge Manual to Latin Epigraphy

By Alison E. Cooley

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9780521840262, 0521840260, 9780521549547, 052154954X
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
20 MB (20612872 bytes)
Pages
XXII, 531\555
Topic
Linguistics Foreign
DPI
600
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2013-10-18 11:03:56
Языки и языкознание;Латинский язык;Латинская эпигр

Description

This book advances our understanding of the place of Latin inscriptions in the Roman world beyond the vague concept of 'the epigraphic habit'. It enables readers to appreciate both the potential and the limitations of inscriptions as historical source material, by considering the diversity of epigraphic culture in the Roman world, and how it has been transmitted to the 21st century. The first chapter offers an epigraphic sample drawn from the Bay of Naples, illustrating the dynamic epigraphic culture of that region. The second explores in detail the nature of epigraphic culture in the Roman world, probing the limitations of traditional ways of dividing up inscriptions into different categories, and offering examples of how epigraphic culture developed in different geographical, social, and religious contexts. It examines the 'life-cycle' of inscriptions - how they were produced, viewed, reused, and destroyed. Finally, the third provides guidance on deciphering inscriptions face-to-face and handling specialist epigraphic publications.

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