Epigraphy in the Digital Age: Opportunities and Challenges in the Recording, Analysis and Dissemination of Inscriptions

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, and more.

‘In conclusion, this volume represents a significant collection of recent epigraphic projects developed through digital technologies, offering also a rich apparatus of bibliographical references to deepen readers’ knowledge in this field. … The book will be useful especially for epigraphists who are planning to include digital tools in their future research, but also for students who are willing to discover more about the possibilities offered by technologies for the analysis and dissemination of ancient inscriptions.’ - Tatiana Tommasi (2025): GNOMON 97

Epigraphy in the Digital Age: Opportunities and Challenges in the Recording, Analysis and Dissemination of Inscriptions originates from the International Conference El patrimonio epigráfico en la era digital: Documentación, análisis y socialización (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’.

• | Author: David Espinosa Espinosa, Isabel Velazquez Soriano
• | Publisher: Archaeopress
• | Publication Date: Aug 19, 2021
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781789699876
• | ISBN-10: 1789699878