Delle Inscrizioni Veneziane

The work Delle Inscrizioni Veneziane provides the most comprehensive collection in Venice is still present in the first half of the 19th century inscriptions. They were in the years 1824-1853 by Emmanuele Antonio Cicogna collected and published in six volumes, which together more than 3500 pages include. In doing so, he not only handed down over 1,800 inscriptions, many of which no longer exist, but he also tried to identify the people named therein and to provide brief biographical notes, as well as insights into the church institutions to which the preservation of the inscriptions was largely due is.

All six volumes were printed in Venice. Volume 1 was published by Giuseppe Orlandelli in 1824, volumes 2 to 4 by Giuseppe Picotti in 1827, 1830 and 1834. In 1842, volume 5 was published by Giuseppe Molinari, and volume 6 was not published until 1853 in Tipografia Andreola. A reprint took place in Bologna from 1969 to 1983.

The edition of the inscriptions played a significant role , especially in the history of art and in the history of church buildings. Occasionally, transcription errors led to far-reaching considerations, which in at least one case, in San Giorgio Maggiore , led to a revision of this view through the retrieval of the inscription and appropriate verification. For example, with an inscription from 1562, in which Cicogna had noted far too high numbers, the conclusion that the church must have been completely renovated in 1550/1551. Tracy Cooper was able to correct this.

The extensive collection also became important for the history of language , especially Venetian .

Overview of the six volumes, number of inscriptions

• Volume 1, Giuseppe Orlandelli editore, Venice 1824 (foreword up to p. 30, inscriptions from S. Maria dei Servi from p. 31, 217 inscriptions, San Domenico (from p. 107, 105 inscriptions), S. Antonio Abate (from p 155 with 45 inscriptions), Santa Agnese (195 with 40 inscriptions), Santa Maria in Broglio detta L'Ascensione (213, 5), San Basilio (219, 31), Santa Croce in Luprio (235, 45), San Gregorio (257, 37), Santa Margarita (275, 36), San Secondo in Isola (293, 11), San Daniele (307, 37), Santa Marina (pp. 329-344, 32 inscriptions), Corrigenda etc.). ( digitized at archive.org , digitized at the Munich digitization center )

• Volume 2, Giuseppe Picotti stampatore, Venice 1827 (Chiesa del Corpus Domini (3, 29 inscriptions), Sant'Andrea del Lido detta La Certosa (49, 37 inscriptions), Chiesa di Santo Zaccaria (103, 74), San Giovanni in Olio (177, 51), S. Maria dell'orto (219, 124), San Nicolò di Castello (355, 4 inscriptions), San Lorenzo (369, 37), S. Sebastiano (403, 13), Corrigenda etc.) ( at archive.org , at the Munich Digitization Center )

• Volume 3, Giuseppe Picotti stampatore, Venice 1830 ( Santo Agostino , p. 3, 13 inscriptions), pp. Filippo e Giacomo (75, 15), San Severo (97, 7 inscriptions), San Proculo detto San Provolo (111, 5), San Michele Arcangelo detta Sant'Angelo (119, 107 inscriptions), Santa Maria della Celestia (193, 31), Sant'Apollinare detto Sant'Aponal (243, 63), Santa Maria Nuova (281, 47), Santa Elena in Isola detta Santa Lena (351, 28), Santa Maria Maggiore (415, 48), Corrigenda etc. ) ( at archive.org , at the Munich Digitization Center )

• Volume 4, Giuseppe Picotti stampatore, Venice 1834 (San Geminiano (3, 37 inscriptions), San Sebastiano (127, 62)) ( at archive.org , at the Munich digitization center )

• Volume 5, Giuseppe Molinari stampatore, Venice 1842 ( S. Maria delle Vergini (p. 3, 31 inscriptions), Santa Marta (99, 24), Della Trinità detta Santa Ternita (161, 38), Degli Incurabili (297, 38) , Santa Maria del Soccorso (407, 4), S. Angelo della Giudecca (461, 5), S. Adriano detta S. Arian in Isola (461, 7), S. Francesco del Deserto (479, 5), p. Iacopo di Paludo (491, 3), Corrigenda for the first five volumes) ( at archive.org , at the Munich Digitization Center )

• Volume 6, Tipografia Andreola, Venice 1853 ( S. Andrea di Venezia detto de Zirada (3, 47 inscriptions), S. Martino di Murano (161, 2), San Bernardo di Murano (349, 10), San Giambattista di Murano ( 369, 15), San Giuseppe di Murano (401, 4), Oratorio di S. Giuseppe (409, 1), S. Iacopo Maggiore di Murano (415, 3), Santi Marci e Andrea di Murano (425, 5), San Salvatore di Murano (435, 16), Santo Stefano di Murano (451, 60), San Giobbe di Murano (527, 118), Corrigenda from 775) ( at archive.org , at the Munich digitization center )

literature

• Emmanuele Antonio Cicogna : Corpus delle iscrizioni di Venezia e delle isole della laguna veneta, ovvero riepilogo sia delle "Iscrizioni Edite" pubblicate tra gli anni 1824 e 1853 che di quelle "Inedite" conservate in originale manoscritto presso la Biblioteca di Venezia Correr 1867 , anno della morte dell'insigne erudito, rimaste in attesa di pubblicazione , Opera compilata da Piero Pazzi, 3 volumes, Biblioteca Orafa Sant'Antonio Abate, Venice 2001.

Remarks

1. ↑ After: Massimo Bisson: San Giorgio Maggiore a Venezia: la chiesa tardo-medievale e il coro del 1550 , in: AFAT 33 (2014) 11–38, here: p. 14 and note 14 ( online , PDF).
2. ^ Christian Adolf Isermeyer : Le chiese del Palladio in rapporto al culto , in: Bollettino del Centro internazionale di studi di architettura Andrea Palladio X (1968) 42–58, especially pp. 47 and 55, note 10.
3. ↑ Tracy E. Cooper, Singers and Settings: Choir and Furnishing in an Age of Reform. The Example of San Giorgio Maggiore , in: Deborah Howard, Laura Moretti (eds.): Architettura e musica nella Venezia del Rinascimento, Atti del Convegno Internazionale, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, 8-9 September 2005 , Milan 2006, pp. 183-200 , especially p. 191 f.
4. ↑ For example Marco Mocellin: Epigrafi veneziane in volgare del XV secolo , tesi di laurea, Università Ca 'Foscari, Venice 2016.