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Author(s): Arthur E. Gordon
ISBN(s): 9780520342743, 0520342747
Edition: Reprint 2019
File Details: PDF, 45.30 MB
Year: 2020
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0520342747 
ISBN 13: 9780520342743
Author: Arthur E Gordon

This is a much-needed textbook for students of epigraphy and an up-to-date reference work for scholars. Central to the work are its photos. Professor Gordon presents 100 Latin inscriptions arranged in chronological order and illustrated by the best available photographs. The inscriptions, which range in date from the sixth century B.C. to A.D. 525, are collated with standard texts and are accompanied by translations and full annotation. They are preceded by an original introduction dealing with important aspects of Latin epigraphy and followed by several appendices on such special topics as Roman numerals. The photographs of these inscriptions reveal the close relationship between Latin inscriptions and our present-day type fonts by way of the humanistic hand of fifteenth-centry European scholars. This book will be of interest not only to students and scholars of epigraphy but to those interested in the history of typography as well.

Illustrated Introduction to Latin Epigraphy 1st Table of contents:

    • Part One: Latin Epigraphy Defined

      • Latin inscriptions a meeting point
      • Latin epigraphy distinguished from numismatics, etc.
      • Related fields

    • Part Two: The Provenience of Latin Inscriptions, Their Materials, Numbers, Range in Time

      • Provenience and present whereabouts
      • Materials used
      • Numbers
      • Range in time

    • Part Three: Sources and Collections

      • The earliest extant collection
      • The Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (CIL)
      • Selections, yearly editions, translations
      • Manuals, introductions, word indices

    • Part Four: Technical Details

      • The illusoriness of inscriptions in print
      • The many abbreviations used
      • The special interest of the earlier inscriptions
      • Roman names
      • Reproducing or copying inscriptions
      • The work and problems of the Roman stonecutter

    • Part Five: Subject Matter

      • The myriad contents
      • Most are probably epitaphs
      • The Laudatio Funebris

    • Part Six: Problems of Latin Inscriptions

      • The main problems
      • Palaeography
      • Dating

    • Part Seven: Contents of This Selection

      • The specially noteworthy inscriptions
      • Greek and Roman writers who appear here

    • Part Eight: Miscellaneous Information

      • Roman numerals
      • Chronological list of Roman emperors (Augustus to Justinian)
      • Contents of the CIL volumes
      • Bibliography
      • Addenda to the Degrassi/Calabi Limentani bibliography

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