The paper concerns the analysis and interpretation of the text of a dedicatory epigraph, walled inside the church of Santa Maria Assunta in Castellaneta (Taranto) and dated between the end of the 13th and the beginning of the 14th century. The text has been trasmitted to us by the chronicles of S. Montorio at the beginning of the 18th century, however in the course of time every traces of it was lost, until it was recovered among the materials of reuse of the church itself. A first analysis revealed how the inscription referred to the decoration of the building, which originates in the year 1300. This study, in addition to providing an unprecedented palaeographic and linguistic analysis, has tried to suggest an alternative reading of the dedication, in an attempt to add new elements to the understanding of the epigraph.
The Inscription of the Church of Santa Maria Assunta in Castellaneta (Taranto): The History of a Rediscovered Titulus
Filippo Trotta
2022-01-01
Abstract
The paper concerns the analysis and interpretation of the text of a dedicatory epigraph, walled inside the church of Santa Maria Assunta in Castellaneta (Taranto) and dated between the end of the 13th and the beginning of the 14th century. The text has been trasmitted to us by the chronicles of S. Montorio at the beginning of the 18th century, however in the course of time every traces of it was lost, until it was recovered among the materials of reuse of the church itself. A first analysis revealed how the inscription referred to the decoration of the building, which originates in the year 1300. This study, in addition to providing an unprecedented palaeographic and linguistic analysis, has tried to suggest an alternative reading of the dedication, in an attempt to add new elements to the understanding of the epigraph.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
