inscription: Later Epigraphy

Latin epigraphy extended in time far beyond the Roman Empire. The stoneworkers of Christianity adapted the old forms, first in the catacombs, then in churches. Modern monumental inscription is in the same tradition, but materially renovated by the neoclassicism of the Italian Renaissance.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Later Epigraphy
• Epigraphy in the Ancient World
• Non-Western Epigraphy

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