The Roman stonecutter; an introduction to Latin epigraphy;
"Professor Susini gives a critical review of recently canvassed theories of Latin epigraphy, and pays particular attention to the circumstances in which inscriptions were commissioned, the practical detail of their execution, and the reactions of those who read them. Throughout he stresses the...
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Oxford,
Blackwell,
1973.
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Table of Contents:
- Epigraphy and palaeography
- The two phases of engraving
- Workers and workshops
- Stones, tools and their interaction
- The preparation of the panel
- Errors : their causes and their lessons
- The inscription as a cultural monument
- Conclusion : epigraphy and history.