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    STUDIA DIGITALIA - Issue no. 1 / 2020  
         
  Article:   EPIGRAPHIC SQUEEZES: DIGITISATION, PUBLICATION, AND ENHANCEMENT.

Authors:  ELOISA PAGANONI.
 
       
         
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DOI: 10.24193/subbdigitalia.2020.1.01
Published Online: 2020-12-08
pp. 5-16
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Epigraphic squeezes are a key tool for research and teaching. They also have historical and documentary value. They are reliable copies of inscribed text and become the only evidence that remains if inscriptions are lost or destroyed. This paper describes the Venice Squeeze Project for the preservation and enhancement of epigraphic squeezes in the Department of Humanities at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. For the initial phase of the project, the Ca’ Foscari University collection of epigraphic squeezes was published in the digital ektypotheke E-stampages. The current phase involves developing a web application to digitise epigraphic squeezes according to the metadata architecture of E-stampages. The first part of this paper describes the background of the Venice Squeeze Project and methodological issues, which fostered the partnership with E-stampages. The second part describes the relational database that was set up to digitise the Ca’ Foscari collection. The third part introduces the project initiatives to promote a network of Italian institutions interested in digitizing their collections of epigraphic squeezes.

Keywords: Greek epigraphy, squeezes, database architecture
 
         
     
         
         
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