Epigraphy in the Digital Age

This volume presents epigraphic research using digital and computational tools, comparing the outcomes of both well-established and newer projects to consider the most innovative investigative trends. Papers consider open-access databases, SfM Photogrammetry and Digital Image Modelling applied to textual restoration, Linked Open Data

Epigraphy in the Digital Age: Opportunities and Challenges in the Recording, Analysis and Dissemination of Inscriptions originates from the International Conference El patrimonio epigrafico en la era digital: Documentacion, analisis y socializacion (Madrid, 20-21 June 2019), organized by the Complutense University of Madrid and the University of Santiago de Compostela. Taking the results of the conference as a starting point, the book presents epigraphic research using digital and computational tools, bringing together and comparing the outcomes of both well-established projects and newer ones, so as to establish a comprehensive view according to the most innovative trends in investigation. 21 contributions have been gathered together, involving 38 scholars, which address issues related to open-access databases, SfM Photogrammetry and Digital Image Modelling applied to textual restoration, EpiDoc (TEI-XML edition), and Linked Open Data. In this manner, the book offers a dialogue based on very different perspectives and previous experiences to generate common research questions, methodologies, practical solutions, and significant results. The outcome is intended more a starting point and platform for future research than as a definitive point of arrival in terms of so-called ‘digital epigraphy’.

Foreword - Isabel Velazquez Soriano and David Espinosa Espinosa Part 1: Preliminary Issues Chapter 1: Digital Projects in Epigraphy: Research Needs, Technical Possibilities, and Funding Problems - Silvia Orlandi Chapter 2: The Need for an Innovative Approach to the Study of Latin Epigraphic Poetry - Concepcion Fernandez-Martinez Chapter 3: The Role Played by Epigraphy in Archaeological Divulgation - Rosario Cebrian Fernandez Part 2: Digital Recording and Analysis Techniques in Epigraphy Chapter 4: Virtual Epigraphy: Virtual Museums and 3D Epigraphy - Javier Andreu Pintado and Pablo Serrano Basterra Chapter 5: Digital Epigraphy: New Technologies and 3D Modelling - Aroa Gutierrez Alonso, Mercedes Farjas Abadia and Rocio Gutierrez Gonzalez Chapter 6: Reconstructing the Texts of Funerary Inscriptions from Augusta Emerita for the CIL II2 Merida Project with the Aid of New Technologies - Jonathan Edmondson Chapter 7: Tools Integration for Understanding and Deciphering Inscriptions in the PETRAE Database - Florent Comte, Hernan Gonzalez Bordas, Milagros Navarro Caballero and Nathalie Prevot Chapter 8: A Sample of the Application of Digital Photogrammetry to Latin Epigraphy: The Epitaphs of the Vadinienses in 3D - David Martino Garcia and Luis Coya Alaez Chapter 9: The 'Toros de Guisando' in the Digital Age - J. Francisco Fabian, Helena Gimeno Pascual, Maria del Rosario Hernando Sobrino and Hugo Pires Chapter 10: 'Rough-and-Ready': 3D Models Rescuing some Roman Inscriptions from Lusitania - Joaquin L. Gomez-Pantoja and Ignacio Triguero Part 3: Computational Epigraphy and Digital Dissemination Chapter 11: Where Can Our Inscriptions Take Us? Harnessing the Potential of Linked Open Data for Epigraphy - Charlotte Tupman Chapter 12: Linguistic Markup and Dialectal Variants. The Perspective of the Digital Corpus Supplementum Epigraphicum Creticum (e-SEC) - Alcorac Alonso Deniz Chapter 13: Digital Publication of Texts in Palaeo-European Languages and Script. The State-of-the-Art - Maria Jose Estaran Tolosa Chapter 14: Philology and Technology in the Hesperia and AEHTAM Databanks - Eduardo Orduna, Eugenio R. Lujan and Isabel Velazquez Chapter 15: The Epigraphica 3.0 Project: Making Accessible and More Readable the Roman Epigraphy from Ourense Province (Galicia, Spain) - David Espinosa Espinosa, Borja Paz Rodriguez and Miguel Carrero Pazos Chapter 16: Roman Open Data. CEIPAC's Amphora Epigraphy Database - Jose Remesal Rodriguez and Guillem Rull Fort Chapter 17: From CIL XV to the CEIPAC Database: Some Results of Dissemination Data - Juan Manuel Bermudez Lorenzo Chapter 18: M(agistratus) H(ispaniae) R(omanae): A Database of Magistrates from Roman Iberia - Silvia Gazzoli Chapter 19: Doing Epigraphy with Digital Support: Tools for the Study of Lapidary Epigraphy - The Case of Roman Goldsmiths - Jordi Perez Gonzalez Chapter 20: Inscriptions by Christians in Late Antique Rome. Some Issues and Perspectives for the Epigraphic Database Bari (EDB) - Antonio E. Felle Chapter 21: EPIHUM, a Database for Renaissance Epigraphy from Portugal and Spain - Manuel Blazquez-Ochando and Manuel Ramirez-Sanchez, Foreword – Isabel Velázquez Soriano and David Espinosa Espinosa Part 1: Preliminary Issues Chapter 1: Digital Projects in Epigraphy: Research Needs, Technical Possibilities, and Funding Problems – Silvia Orlandi Chapter 2: The Need for an Innovative Approach to the Study of Latin Epigraphic Poetry – Concepción Fernández-Martínez Chapter 3: The Role Played by Epigraphy in Archaeological Divulgation – Rosario Cebrián Fernández Part 2: Digital Recording and Analysis Techniques in Epigraphy Chapter 4: Virtual Epigraphy: Virtual Museums and 3D Epigraphy – Javier Andreu Pintado and Pablo Serrano Basterra Chapter 5: Digital Epigraphy: New Technologies and 3D Modelling – Aroa Gutiérrez Alonso, Mercedes Farjas Abadía and Rocío Gutiérrez González Chapter 6: Reconstructing the Texts of Funerary Inscriptions from Augusta Emerita for the CIL II2 Mérida Project with the Aid of New Technologies – Jonathan Edmondson Chapter 7: Tools Integration for Understanding and Deciphering Inscriptions in the PETRAE Database – Florent Comte, Hernán González Bordas, Milagros Navarro Caballero and Nathalie Prévôt Chapter 8: A Sample of the Application of Digital Photogrammetry to Latin Epigraphy: The Epitaphs of the Vadinienses in 3D – David Martino García and Luis Coya Aláez Chapter 9: The ‘Toros de Guisando’ in the Digital Age – J. Francisco Fabián, Helena Gimeno Pascual, María del Rosario Hernando Sobrino and Hugo Pires Chapter 10: ‘Rough-and-Ready’: 3D Models Rescuing some Roman Inscriptions from Lusitania – Joaquín L. Gómez-Pantoja and Ignacio Triguero Part 3: Computational Epigraphy and Digital Dissemination Chapter 11: Where Can Our Inscriptions Take Us? Harnessing the Potential of Linked Open Data for Epigraphy – Charlotte Tupman Chapter 12: Linguistic Markup and Dialectal Variants. The Perspective of the Digital Corpus Supplementum Epigraphicum Creticum (e-SEC) – Alcorac Alonso Déniz Chapter 13: Digital Publication of Texts in Palaeo-European Languages and Script. The State-of-the-Art – María José Estarán Tolosa Chapter 14: Philology and Technology in the Hesperia and AEHTAM Databanks – Eduardo Orduña, Eugenio R. Luján and Isabel Velázquez Chapter 15: The Epigraphica 3.0 Project: Making Accessible and More Readable the Roman Epigraphy from Ourense Province (Galicia, Spain) – David Espinosa Espinosa, Borja Paz Rodríguez and Miguel Carrero Pazos Chapter 16: Roman Open Data. CEIPAC’s Amphora Epigraphy Database – José Remesal Rodríguez and Guillem Rull Fort Chapter 17: From CIL XV to the CEIPAC Database: Some Results of Dissemination Data – Juan Manuel Bermúdez Lorenzo Chapter 18: M(agistratus) H(ispaniae) R(omanae): A Database of Magistrates from Roman Iberia – Silvia Gazzoli Chapter 19: Doing Epigraphy with Digital Support: Tools for the Study of Lapidary Epigraphy – The Case of Roman Goldsmiths – Jordi Pérez González Chapter 20: Inscriptions by Christians in Late Antique Rome. Some Issues and Perspectives for the Epigraphic Database Bari (EDB) – Antonio E. Felle Chapter 21: EPIHUM, a Database for Renaissance Epigraphy from Portugal and Spain – Manuel Blázquez-Ochando and Manuel Ramírez-Sánchez