337 research outputs found
Cyprus veteribus divitiis abudans: la percezione delle antichità cipriote nei secoli della dominazione franca e veneziana dell'isola
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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 This new reading is confirmed by the contents of the so far unpublished correspondence exchanged between Zanetti and Giovanni Battista de Rossi immediately following the discovery of the sarcophagus, whose full transcription and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
A New Legionary Epitaph from Venice
No full textThis article presents a fragmentary and hitherto unpublished inscribed funerarystele, which was reused in Venice as an architectural spolium and has recently come to light. The text, written in Latin, is very likely to be the epitaph for a legionary, whose name is unknown since it occupied the part of the inscription that has not survived. Archaeological data and textual analysis suggest that the inscribed stone dates to the 1st - early 2nd centuries AD. It also seems likely that the legionary mentioned in the fragmentary text was a native of Narbonese Gaul who died in Dalmatia or in the eastern Regio X. The inscription can perhapsbe associated with another legionary’s funerary stele (CIL V, 2162), which was reused in the base of the nearby San Vidal bell-tower
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
Sull'iscrizione CIL, V, 4070. Vicende collezionistiche di alcuni reperti della raccolta archeologica del palazzo ducale di Mantova.
No full textOltre la leggenda. Il 421 d.C. nella Venetia
No full textAdottando un approccio critico e una metodologia di indagine interdisciplinare, il saggio intende contribuire al dibattito sul mito fondativo di Venezia secondo la prospettiva della storia antica. In prima istanza, si indagano i dati costitutivi della leggenda della fondazione della città lagunare il 25 marzo 421 d.C. per decostruirla e cercare di spiegarne la genesi, ovvero per smascherarne le falsità in termini di cronologia, identità dei presunti ecisti e cariche da loro detenute, confermando con nuove argomentazioni la sua parziale derivazione dalla tradizione testuale liviana. In secondo luogo, si richiamano le coordinate storiche generali del 421 d.C., un anno per molti versi poco significativo per la macrostoria romana, dominato dalla figura dell’Augusta Galla Placidia. In conclusione, si esamina la situazione storica della Venetia e, in particolare, di Altinum tra la fine del IV e la prima metà del V secolo d.C., alla luce delle fonti letterarie e delle evidenze documentarie, riservando specifica attenzione alle testimonianze epigrafiche di recente acquisizione, che consentono di contestualizzare meglio la valenza storica della regione nel passaggio cruciale fra la tarda antichità e il medioevo.Adopting a critical and interdisciplinary approach, this essay contributes to the debate on the foundation myth of Venice from the perspective of ancient history. First, we deconstruct the legend dating the foundation of Venice to 25 March 421 CE, exploring its genesis and identifying its features as a forgery in terms of chronology, as well as the identity of the putative founders and the offices that they allegedly held. By adding new data to the discussion, we also confirm that the legend was partly inspired by the textual tradition of Livy. Second, we rehearse the general historical coordinates of 421 CE, a year that was dominated by the figure of the Augusta Galla Placidia and that may be considered in many ways insignificant for Roman macro-history. To conclude, we examine the historical situation of the Venetia region including, in particular, of Altinum between the end of the 4th and the first half of the 5th centuries CE, in the light of literary narratives and documentary evidence, paying specific attention to recently discovered epigraphic sources. This new information helps to better contextualise the historical significance of the region in a crucial time between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
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