The epigraphic cultures of Late Antiquity
By: edited by Katharina Bolle, Carlos Machado and Christian Witschel
Series: Heidelberger althistorische Beiträge und epigraphische Studien -- Band 60; Heidelberger althistorische Beiträge und epigraphische Studien -- Bd. 60.
Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Stuttgart
Language: eng; ger; fre; ita
Number of pages: 615
ISBN-13: 9783515115582
Subjects: Ancient Inscriptions; Latin Inscriptions; Greek Inscriptions
Description: The diversity and wealth of epigraphic cultures in the late Roman Empire is the main focus of this volume. It offers a wide-ranging overview over the geographic and typological diversity of late antique epigraphy and explores the many ways in which people reacted to inscriptions and the monuments connected with them. Particularly the "epigraphic habit", e.g. the complex network of making and using inscriptions, is looked at from different angles. This helps to understand the various political, cultural and religious structures characterized by it. The first part is dedicated to the study of the "epigraphic habit" in different parts of the Roman Empire and presents detailed quantitative analyses. The second part centers on various genres of inscriptions as well as on associated practices. In a third part "Christian epigraphy", i.e. the impact of Christianity on the antique epigraphic culture, is addressed. A range of maps, charts and figures illustrate the studies and facilitate comparison.
Notes: Based on an international conference entitled "The epigraphic culture(s) of Late Antiquity", Heidelberg University, 26th and 27th of June 2009.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contributions in English (12), German (4), French (1) and Italian (1).
Table of contents: title: Introduction : defining the field : the epigraphic cultures of late antiquity / Katharina Bolle, Carlos Machado, and Christian Witschel; title: Spätantike inschriftenkulturen im Westen des Imperium Romanum : Einige Anmerkungen / Christian Witschel; title: Inschriftenkultur und Christianisierung im spätantiken Hispanien ein Überblick / Judit Végh; title: Fragmentation and unity : elites and inscriptions in late antique southern Gaul / Lennart Hildebrand; title: Spätantike Inschriften in Tuscia et Umbria : Materialität und Präsenz / Katharina Bolle; title: La trasformazione del paesaggio epigrafico nelle città dell' Africa romana, con particolare riferimento al caso di Leptis Magna (Tripolitana) / Ignazio Tantillo; title: The Christian epigraphy of Asia minor in late antiquity / Stephen Mitchell; title: Late antiquity inscriptions in the provinces of Palaestina and Arabia : realities and change / Leah Di Segni; title: Dedicated to eternity? : the reuse of statue bases in late antiquity Italy  / Carlos Machado; title: Late antiquity Togati and related inscriptions : a thumbnail sketch / Ulrich Gehn; title: Orations in stone / Silvia Orlandi; title: Cultural capital and Christianization : the metrical inscriptions of late antique Rome / Lucy  Grig; title: The epigram habit in Late antique Rome / Erkki Sironen; title: Trois fonctions municiplates dans l'épigraphie protobyzantine (curator, defensor, pater civitatis) / Denis Feissel; title: Christian and late antique epigraphies / Charlotte Rouché and Claire Sotinel; title: Heresy and late antique epigraphy in an island landscape : exploring the limits of the evidence / Georgios Deligiannakis; title: Zwei unterschiedliche epigraphische Praktiken : kirchenbauinschriften in Italien und im Nahen Osten; title: Scratching as devotion : graffiti, pilgrimage and liturgy in the late antique and early Medieval west.