Author Archives: Gabriel Bodard

Guide de l’épigraphiste 7e éd.

Posted on 2007-08-26 by Gabriel Bodard

The seventh supplement to the Guide de l’Épigraphiste (by Bérard, Feissel, Petitmengin, Rousset, Sève et al.) has been published as a PDF, downloadable from the École Normale Supérieure website at: https://www.antiquite.ens.fr/pdf/Supplement7.pdf As usual the supplement contains additions and corrections to … Continue reading →

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BMCR Review of Hispania Epigraphica CD Rom

Posted on 2007-08-21 by Gabriel Bodard

In Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2007.08.46: Joaquín Gómez-Pantoja, Hispania Epigraphica 1989-2000 (1 al 10). Madrid: Servicio de Publicaciones, 2006. Pp. CD-Rom. ISBN 84-95215-53-5. €50.00 (individuals). €66.00 (institutions). Reviewed by David Noy, University of Wales Lampeter (d.noy@lamp.ac.uk) In his review of … Continue reading →

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BMCR Review of Connelly, Portrait of a Priestess

Posted on 2007-08-20 by Gabriel Bodard

This week in BMCR 2007.08.43: Joan Breton Connelly, Portrait of a Priestess: Women and Ritual in Ancient Greece. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. Pp. xv, 415; figs. 109, color pls. 27. ISBN 978-0-691-12746-0. $39.50. Reviewed by Catherine M. Keesling, Georgetown … Continue reading →

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Seminar: ‘A VRE for the Study of Documents and Manuscripts’

Posted on 2007-08-18 by Gabriel Bodard

Yesterday afternoon’s (Friday 17th August) seminar in the Digital Classicist series was presented by Charles Crowther of the Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents in Oxford, on the subject of ‘A Virtual Research Environment for the Study of Documents … Continue reading →

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‘Can Computers Ever Read Ancient Texts?’

Posted on 2007-08-04 by Gabriel Bodard

Yesterday (Friday 3rd Aug) Melissa Terras, lecturer in Electronic Communication in the School of Library, Archive and Information Studies (UCL) gave a seminar in the Digital Classicist series at the Institute of Classical Studies entitled ‘Can Computers Ever Read Ancient … Continue reading →

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Review of Trzcionka, Magic and the Supernatural in Fourth-Century Syria

Posted on 2007-08-02 by Gabriel Bodard

Reviewed today in BMCR 2007.08.06, a volume which includes detailed discussion of inscribed amulets and curse tablets: Silke Trzcionka, Magic and the Supernatural in Fourth-Century Syria. London and New York: Routledge, 2007. Pp. 227. ISBN 0-415-39242-X. £17.99. Reviewed by Thomas … Continue reading →

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Epigraphic titles for review from BMCR

Posted on 2007-08-01 by Gabriel Bodard

In this months Books Received list in BMCR 2007.08.01, the following titles appear that may be of interest to epigraphers: Titles marked by an asterisk are available for review. Qualified volunteers should indicate their interest by a message to classrev@brynmawr.edu, … Continue reading →

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Dmitriev, City Government in Asia Minor in BMCR

Posted on 2007-07-29 by Gabriel Bodard

A review in BMCR 2007.07.63 of: Sviatoslav Dmitriev, City Government in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. Pp. xiii, 428. ISBN 0-19-517042-3. GBP 45.00. Reviewed by Andrea Raggi, Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche del Mondo Antico, Università … Continue reading →

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Workshop: The Oscan Fringe

Posted on 2007-07-27 by Gabriel Bodard

The Oscan Fringe: Research Agendas for the Ancient Central-South Apennines. An international workshop at the University of Exeter, 11-12 September 2007. The need to bridge the divide between History and Archaeology has become particularly clear in the study of the … Continue reading →

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Conference: Electronic Corpora of Ancient Languages

Posted on 2007-07-25 by Gabriel Bodard

Posted to the Digital Classicist list (from ancientpglinguistics) by Kalle Korhonen. This event ought to be of interest to anyone involved in: EpiDoc publications; EAGLE and other databases; APIS and other papyrological corpora; digital or analogue linguistic study of documentary … Continue reading →

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Corpus Inscriptionum Etruscarum I.5 in BMCR

Posted on 2007-07-17 by Gabriel Bodard

In BMCR 2007.07.04 a review by Jean MacIntosh Turfa of: Giovanni Colonna, Daniele F. Maras, Corpus Inscriptionum Etruscarum, Academiis Litterarum Borussica et Saxonica legatum, Carolus Pauli primum edidit. Voluminis secundi, Instituti Studiis Etruscis et Italicis Provehendis et Academiae Scientiarum Berolinensis … Continue reading →

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Louis Robert, Choix d’écrits

Posted on 2007-07-10 by Gabriel Bodard

Just reported on the PAPY discussion list: ROBERT (L.). Choix d’écrits. Éd. D. Rousset, avec la collaboration de Ph. Gauthier et I. Savalli-Lestrade. Présentation par Ph. Gauthier, indices par D. Rousset. Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 2007. 800 p. dont 77 … Continue reading →

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