Variant scholarship - Brodie Neil; Kersel Morag; Munch Rasmussen Josephine
Ancient texts in modern contexts
KORTE INHOUD
Since the eighteenth century, many if not most ancient and medieval manuscripts or other text-bearing or associated objects have been procured through imperial expropriation or through the antiquities market with little or no evidence of findspot or place of original deposition and with no assurance of legal provenance or authenticity. The consequences of these questionable acquisition practices for scholarship and for our understanding of the past are the focus of much enquiry.
Recent high-profile acquisitions (and subsequent returns) of text-bearing objects by prominent private collectors and museums and the appearance on the market of demonstrably modern forgeries have resulted in increased scrutiny of the intellectual and commercial impacts of academic engagement. Scholarly research can abet the antiquities market directly or indirectly through identification, authentication and legitimation of illegally traded text-bearing objects.
These harmful complications of well-established academic practice raise i...
Recent high-profile acquisitions (and subsequent returns) of text-bearing objects by prominent private collectors and museums and the appearance on the market of demonstrably modern forgeries have resulted in increased scrutiny of the intellectual and commercial impacts of academic engagement. Scholarly research can abet the antiquities market directly or indirectly through identification, authentication and legitimation of illegally traded text-bearing objects.
These harmful complications of well-established academic practice raise i...
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2023Uitgever: Sidestone Press240 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 9464270454ISBN-13: 9789464270457Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Leiden, 2023. 248p. ills.(B&W and full colour photographs). Paperback. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: BRODIE, N., M.M. KERSEL, and J. MUNCH RASMUSSEN, (eds.),] [Uitgever: Sidestone Press] [Titel: Variant Scholarship. Ancient Texts in Modern Contexts.]
