370 research outputs found
L'enigma epigrafico di Barbola
No full textIn 1878 the front panel of a Roman sarcophagus was found in the basilica of SS. Maria and Donato in Murano. The artefact, which dates to the 3rd century AD, had first been reused as a grave marker in the early Middle Ages and was later turned upside down and employed in the floor of the church, which dates to 1141. The author of the discovery was the abbot Vincenzo Zanetti, director of the Murano City Museum, who first proposed an interpretation for the text that is inscribed in the tabula ansata in the centre of the sarcophagus. Several other exegetical attempts have followed, none of which seems fully convincing. This article offers a different transcription of the epigraphic document, based on a careful autopsy of the text and, especially, on the observation of the relevant role played by the cross that occupies the centre of the artefact. This new reading is confirmed by the contents of the so far unpublished correspondence exchanged between Zanetti and Giovanni Battista de Rossi immediately following the discovery of the sarcophagus, whose full transcription and analysis are given for the first time
Iscrizioni esposte in contesti di reimpiego: l'esempio veneziano
No full textL'articolo indaga gli ambiti di applicazione della nozione di «scrittura esposta», inizialmente elaborata da Armando Petrucci e solitamente applicata ai contesti originari per i quali le iscrizioni furono concepite. Attraverso un'esemplificazione diacronica di spolia epigrafici provenienti da Venezia e dalle isole della laguna circostante, l'autore si interroga sulle motivazioni del riutilizzo delle iscrizioni antiche, nonché sugli esiti di tale fenomeno. In particolare, sono notevoli i casi in cui la scrittura esposta delle iscrizioni reimpiegate generò nuova scrittura esposta, mentre in altre circostanze la scrittura fu deliberatamente nascosta, dimostrando così lo scopo puramente funzionale di quei reimpieghi.This article investigates the notion of «exhibited writing» («scrittura esposta»), first propounded by Armando Petrucci and usually applied to the original contexts for which inscriptions were conceived. Building on a cross-temporal selection of epigraphic spolia from Venice and the islands of the nearby lagoon, the author explores the motives for reusing ancient inscriptions, as well as the results of this phenomenon. Especially noteworthy are the cases when the exhibited writing of reused inscriptions generated new exhibited writing, while in other circumstances writing was deliberately hidden, thus showing that those spolia were only useful as structural elements
"Conclave plenum inscriptionibus quae per cancellos a limine solum salutare licuit". Le epigrafi delle raccolte di Palazzo Grimani a Venezia
No full textQuesto è il primo studio interamente dedicato alle iscrizioni antiche transitate per le
raccolte antiquarie della famiglia patrizia veneziana dei Grimani di Santa Maria Formosa.
L’esame di documenti editi e inediti ha consentito finora di individuare circa
45 epigrafi latine e greche che furono ospitate nel loro palazzo tra i secoli XVI e XIX.
Grazie all’analisi dei canali di acquisizione e dispersione del celebre museo privato dei
Grimani è stato possibile identificare la località di provenienza e quella di attuale conservazione
di molti reperti, recuperando in tal modo importanti fonti per lo studio della
storia antica.This article is the first study entirely devoted to the ancient inscriptions that once belonged
to the antiquarian collections of the patrician Venetian family of the Grimani
di Santa Maria Formosa. By examining a variety of published and unpublished documents,
it has so far been possible to identify about 45 Greek and Latin inscriptions that
were exhibited in their palace from the 16th to the 19th centuries. The analysis of the
dynamics through which their celebrated private museum was acquired and later dispersed
has enabled the author to identify the geographic origin and the current location
of numerous objects, thus furnishing crucial information on some important sources for
the study of ancient history
Epigraphic Database Falsae (EDF): Genesis, Structure, Critical Issues and Potential Applications
No full textThis article explores the hermeneutic capabilitiesof the digital resource Epigraphic Database Falsae (EDF: http://edf.unive.it) through an analytical approach. In particular, the author examines the genesis of the database, its architecture and its limits, as well as some potential improvements and innovations for future projects
L’iscrizione di Firmiteius. Note sulla prima comunità cristiana di Iulia Concordia (con appendice sul carteggio Bertolini-Mommsen)
No full textThis article examines the Latin inscription that was carved on the front of one of the sarcophagi coming from the excavation at Via San Pietro. This funerary object can be dated to the decades around the late 3rd - early 4th century AD and was set up by a father for his 18-year-old son who had died prematurely. The exact names of the two men cannot be identified with certainty, but it is likely that the onomastic elements Firmiteius and Redemptus should be considered respectively as the cognomina of the father and of the son. Comparison with the sarcophagus of P. Inpostor, which was found in the late 19th century in the same western necropolis of Iulia Concordia suggests that, at least on a hypothetical basis, all these individuals can be regarded as members of the earliest Christian community of this Roman town. The article ends with the full edition of the letters that Dario Bertolini sent to Theodor Mommsen in 1886, the year when the sarcophagus of P. Inpostor was discovered
Sull'iscrizione CIL, V, 4070. Vicende collezionistiche di alcuni reperti della raccolta archeologica del palazzo ducale di Mantova.
No full textIl tesoro di Cipro. Clodio, Catone e la conquista romana dell’isola
No full textIn che modo Cipro, avamposto della dinastia tolemaica nel Mediterraneo orientale, entrò nell’orbita politica di Roma?
L’isola, celebre in antico per le sue ricchezze, fu dichiarata proprietà del popolo romano nel 58 a.C. su iniziativa di P. Clodio Pulcro, che fece affidare a Catone Uticense il comando della missione incaricata di porre in atto la confisca.
Si creò così un inusitato sodalizio fra il celebre tribuno della plebe e lo stoico aristocratico romano: i loro interessi trovarono un’importante convergenza nell’ambito di una vicenda in cui l’espansionismo romano si intersecò con il dibattito politico interno e lo scontro per l’affermazione delle grandi personalità del tempo.
Il libro indaga l’episodio grazie al quale Cipro fu inserita in una rete strategica e commerciale di vasta scala: la base legale, le motivazioni, lo svolgimento e gli effetti della conquista sono indagati analiticamente, a partire da un ricco dossier di fonti antiche, alcune soltanto di recente scoperte o valorizzate dalla critica.In 58 BCE, Cyprus, an island rich in natural resources and an ancient stronghold of the Ptolemaic dynasty in the Eastern Mediterranean, was declared property of the Roman people.
The decision was promoted by the tribune P. Clodius Pulcher, who had Cato the Younger appointed as leader of the expedition in charge of confiscating the patrimony of the king of the island. Clodius and Cato shared multiple interests in a crucial area for Roman expansion and formed an unlikely and unexpected partnership.
The conquest of Cyprus saw Roman foreign policy shaped by internal political debate and the ambitions of the great personalities of the day. This book investigates how the Romans acquired Cyprus and bolstered the connectivity of the island, which became part of an extensive commercial and strategic network. The legal basis, motives, development and effects of the conquest are the object of a thorough investigation, carried out through the close scrutiny of a rich set of ancient documents, some of which have only recently been discovered or have not yet been fully appraised by scholars.In 58 BCE, Cyprus, an island rich in natural resources and an ancient stronghold of the Ptolemaic dynasty in the Eastern Mediterranean, was declared property of the Roman people.
The decision was promoted by the tribune P. Clodius Pulcher, who had Cato the Younger appointed as leader of the expedition in charge of confiscating the patrimony of the king of the island. Clodius and Cato shared multiple interests in a crucial area for Roman expansion and formed an unlikely and unexpected partnership.
The conquest of Cyprus saw Roman foreign policy shaped by internal political debate and the ambitions of the great personalities of the day. This book investigates how the Romans acquired Cyprus and bolstered the connectivity of the island, which became part of an extensive commercial and strategic network. The legal basis, motives, development and effects of the conquest are the object of a thorough investigation, carried out through the close scrutiny of a rich set of ancient documents, some of which have only recently been discovered or have not yet been fully appraised by scholars.In che modo Cipro, avamposto della dinastia tolemaica nel Mediterraneo orientale, entrò nell’orbita politica di Roma?
L’isola, celebre in antico per le sue ricchezze, fu dichiarata proprietà del popolo romano nel 58 a.C. su iniziativa di P. Clodio Pulcro, che fece affidare a Catone Uticense il comando della missione incaricata di porre in atto la confisca.
Si creò così un inusitato sodalizio fra il celebre tribuno della plebe e lo stoico aristocratico romano: i loro interessi trovarono un’importante convergenza nell’ambito di una vicenda in cui l’espansionismo romano si intersecò con il dibattito politico interno e lo scontro per l’affermazione delle grandi personalità del tempo.
Il libro indaga l’episodio grazie al quale Cipro fu inserita in una rete strategica e commerciale di vasta scala: la base legale, le motivazioni, lo svolgimento e gli effetti della conquista sono indagati analiticamente, a partire da un ricco dossier di fonti antiche, alcune soltanto di recente scoperte o valorizzate dalla critica
LOCAL-FIELD ENHANCEMENT EFFECT OF THE NONLINEAR OPTICAL RESPONSE OF GOLD-SILVER NANOPLANETS
No full textWe report on the nonlinear optical properties of Au-Ag nanoplanets produced by ion implantation and irradiation in silica, experimentally investigated by means of the single beam z-scan technique. The measurements provided experimental evidence of the intense local field enhancement effect theoretically demonstrated for these plasmonic nanosystems. In particular, this has a dramatic impact on their nonlinear absorption
behavior and results in a tunable changeover from reverse saturable absorption to saturable absorption by slightly varying the pump intensity and in the possibility to activate and observe nonlinear phenomena of the electron dynamics otherwise unaccessible in the intensity range that can be employed to study these materials. Finally, for the nanoplanet configuration
we found a dramatic decrease of the intensity-dependent absorption coefficient, which could be very promising for obtaining optical gain materials
PIXE ANALYSIS OF HEAVY METALS IN WATERS AT SUB-PPB LEVELS
No full textThe paper describes a preconcentration technique suitable for PIXE analysis of heavy metals in water samples at sub-ppb level
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