Ciriaco d'Ancona and the Origins of Epigraphy
Lillian Datchev
This article investigates how and why scholars began to systematically examine record ancient inscriptions in fifteenth-century Italy. Finding evidence the revolutionary work of Ciriaco d'Ancona, it shows that this change emerged from synthesis several cultural traditions. learned observe antiquities Italian elite living Greek colonies an early Christian pilgrim's practice. He introduced a new degree precision his records, partly humanists. These facts suggest culture observing, discussing, writing about was developing Renaissance Mediterranean.
Renaissance Quarterly