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Corpus Inscriptionem Latinarium
#1
I was attempting to use my existing like to the CIL but this hasn't been responding. I had the following:<br>
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www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/%...schriften/<br>
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Does anyone have a better link? <p>Richard<br>
An enthusiast and scholar wannabe<b>
[email protected] </p><i></i>
Richard Campbell
Legio XX - Alexandria, Virginia
RAT member #6?
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#2
The Frankfurt Uni inscription d-base seemed to work fine when I tried it. Did you try using this as the entry link rather than the one you input above?<br>
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www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~...rch-e.html<br>
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These online resources are fantastic, huh? No scholar is safe now -- even the rankest amateur (with a knowledge of Latin, natch) can go behind and check one's use of sources. E EM<br>
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Cheerio!<br>
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Jenny <p></p><i></i>
Cheers,
Jenny
Founder, Roman Army Talk and RomanArmy.com

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
-- Robert Louis Stevenson
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#3
Hi there!<br>
Do you know these sites? They contain (parts of) ILS, CIL, AE and other smaller collections. The EDH will probably soon be an obliged site for any scholar, because it contains also new readings of the inscriptions.<br>
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www.uni-heidelberg.de/ins...earch.html<br>
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www.ilateyst.de/<br>
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Now to draw the right conlusions!<br>
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Greets<br>
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Jasper<br>
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Greets!

Jasper Oorthuys
Webmaster & Editor, Ancient Warfare magazine
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#4
thanks! I had trouble with the latter site since it does not seem to have CIL 04 in it, which is the source of my inscriptions.<br>
Jenny, that is a better starting point than mine; thanks. I'll work on finding the right search terms; I did not see the ability to search on inscription numbers, like CIL 04 7866. They seemed to want 5 digit numbers.<br>
Is there a more comprehensive list of the CIL? even if it can't be searched. <p>Richard<br>
An enthusiast and scholar wannabe<b>
[email protected] </p><i></i>
Richard Campbell
Legio XX - Alexandria, Virginia
RAT member #6?
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#5
Salve,<br>
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Thanks for the link of the Inscriptiones Latinae Eystettenses.<br>
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This site is also useful for epigraphic study:<br>
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asgle.classics.unc.edu/<br>
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Searching the online databases sure beats the oldfashioned method of setting up permanent residence at the library. It is one of the fields where the internet shows its value.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Sander van Dorst<br>
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<p></p><i></i>
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#6
What's a squeeze? I see that referenced all over that site. <p>Richard<br>
An enthusiast and scholar wannabe<b>
[email protected] </p><i></i>
Richard Campbell
Legio XX - Alexandria, Virginia
RAT member #6?
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#7
Salve,<br>
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A squeeze is a print from the original text made by pressing a layer of paper or other material to the text. Most inscriptions are listed in the publications as CIL, ILS and AE are transscripts and do not show a reproduction of the original inscription. Squeezes or pictures of these are very useful for uncertain readings. It is for instance very handy if the centurial symbol, commonly reproduced as a 7 or inverted C, is shown in a standard form in the AE text and one wants to know whether the original text has one of the more precise centurial signs.<br>
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A very useful book to acquire is L. Keppie's <i> Understanding Roman inscriptions</i>, of which a new edition was published recently by Routledge.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Sander van Dorst<br>
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Addendum the details from the Routledge agit prop site:<br>
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'Reissue<br>
Understanding Roman Inscriptions<br>
Lawrence Keppie<br>
ISBN: 0415151430<br>
Pub Date: 15 NOV 1991<br>
Type: Paperback Book<br>
Price: £19.99<br>
Extent: 158 pages (Dimensions 246x174 mm)<br>
Illustrations: 13 line figures, 88 b+w photos<br>
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Lawrence Keppie's book offers the non-specialist a comprehensive and enjoyable guide to undestanding the texts of Roman inscriptions, as well as explaining the numerous different contexts in which they were produced.<br>
Every area of Roman life is covered, including:<br>
* the emperor<br>
* temples and altars to the gods<br>
* imperial administration<br>
* gravestones and tomb monuments<br>
* local government and society<br>
* the army and the frontiers<br>
* Christianity<br>
* trade, commerce and the economy<br>
* the later Roman Empire.<br>
For each inscription cited, the book provides the original Latin, an English translation and a commentary on the piece's significance. Illustrated with more than 80 photos and drawings, this is the ideal introduction to the most important source for the history and organisation of the Roman Empire.'<br>
<p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showLocalUserPublicProfile?login=sandervandorst>Sander van Dorst</A> at: 4/9/01 9:04:26 am<br></i>
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#8
Thanks Sander. They almost sound three dimensional.<br>
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BTW, is there anywhere a reference to the type styles of Rome? I'm trying to reproduce wall letting as from Pompeii, but the photos are usually blurry and usually don't have the entire alphabet in one set.<br>
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I have read that there are several cursive styles, all of which seem illegible to me. Is there any guide to how the Romans did cursive? <p></p><i></i>
Richard Campbell
Legio XX - Alexandria, Virginia
RAT member #6?
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#9
Salve,<br>
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They are in 3D.<br>
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There are several cursive styles in Roman writing. The publications on the Vindolanda tablets have some guides to Roman cursive lettering. A page with some alphabet guides is hiding somewhere among in the huge heap of loose copies in one of my drawers, but I will look it up.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Sander van Dorst<br>
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Looked it up in Bowmanand Thomas, <i> Vindolanda, the Latin writing tablets</i> a distinction is made between Old Roman Cursive (ORC) and New Roman Cursive (NRC) and the distinct types of lettering are illustrated as figure 10 with both alphabets. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showLocalUserPublicProfile?login=sandervandorst>Sander van Dorst</A> at: 4/11/01 9:17:13 am<br></i>
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