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The emergence of epigraphy in the Kingdom of Naples
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Cooley, Alison (2014) The emergence of epigraphy in the Kingdom of Naples. Journal of the History of Collections, Volume 26 (Number 3). pp. 337-353. doi:10.1093/jhc/fhu026 ISSN 0954-6650.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jhc/fhu026
Abstract
This paper explores attitudes to the inscriptions of Pompeii and Herculaneum during the Bourbon era, considering what role was played by inscriptions in shaping visitors’ responses to the sites; what value they had in the eyes of the sites’ excavators and royal patrons; and the extent to which inscriptions in the Kingdom of Naples played a role in the development of epigraphy as a sub-discipline. It assesses how the treatment of inscriptions reflected the needs of politics and was also affected simply by practicalities; how prominent foreigners at Naples might lead the way in directing attention to particular inscriptions; and the degree to which the Kingdom of Naples should be remembered as a place of innovation and experimentation, rather than purely as a place of repression and secrecy. It also illustrates how epigraphy did not remain the preserve of professional scholars, but became incorporated into various domestic contexts.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Classics and Ancient History | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of the History of Collections | ||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||
ISSN: | 0954-6650 | ||||
Official Date: | 14 July 2014 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 26 | ||||
Number: | Number 3 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 337-353 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1093/jhc/fhu026 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Description: | :Special Issue: Inventive Inscriptions – the Organization of Epigraphic Knowledge in the Nineteenth Century |
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