Adriano Cappelli

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Adriano Cappelli (born June 8, 1859 in Modena , † September 11, 1942 in Vigatto , now part of Parma ) was an archivist and paleographer at the Royal State Archives in Parma. He published aids for historical auxiliary sciences .

His father Antonio Cappelli (1818–1887) was a historian and librarian at the Biblioteca Estense in Modena.

Adriano Cappelli studied at the Istituto di Studi Superiori in Florence and, after graduating with the laurea in Lettere, joined the archives service in Milan in 1884 . The Archivio di Stato di Milano was under the direction of Cesare Cantù , who used Adriano to develop collections from the Visconti and Sforza era, thus giving him considerable practical experience in dealing with archival materials, which was useful for his manuals. In 1903, Cappelli was transferred to the Parma State Archives as director, which he managed until he retired in 1925. He then received the title of direttore onorario (honorary director) in recognition of his many years of service. Because of his local historical studies, Cappelli was also appointed to the board (Consiglio di presidenza) of the Deputazione di storia patria per l'Emilia e Romagna .

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The Lexicon abbreviaturarum grew out of Cappelli's activity and was first published in 1899 in an Italian edition by Ulrico Hoepli's publisher, known for its small-format handbooks . Since the 2nd edition it has been published under the full title “Dizionario di abbreviature latine ed italiane: usate nelle carte e codici specialmente nel medio-evo riprodotte con oltre 14000 segni incisi; aggiuntovi uno studio sulla brachigrafia medioevale, un prontuario di Sigle Epigrafiche, l'antica numerazione romana ed arabica, i monogrammi, ed i segni indicanti monete, pesi, misure ", German" dictionary of Latin and Italian abbreviations, as they are especially in documents and manuscripts of the Middle Ages are in use; represented in over 14,000 characters, together with a treatise on medieval shorthand, a compilation of epigraphic sigils, the ancient Roman and Arabic counting and the symbols for coins, measures and weights ”.

Most of the images come from older collections of abbreviations such as the Lexicon diplomaticum by Johann Ludolph Walther , published in Göttingen in 1745–1747 . What Cappelli himself added from the materials available to him in Milan and later in Parma remained without any reference to the origin. The information about the duration of the occurrence of certain forms of abbreviation is also often incorrect.

Ludwig Traube was very critical of the first edition, but this did not affect the distribution of the work.

The reference work had three editions by 1929, appeared as a facsimile since 1949 , was supplemented by Auguste Pelzer and published in 2011 in the 7th edition as a revision by Mario Geymonat. English and German partial translations and editions followed. The core of the Cappelli , as the main work of its author is called for short, is the alphabetically ordered overview of around 14,000 Latin and Italian abbreviations from the documents of the Middle Ages and their resolutions. This makes the cappelli an important tool in Latin palaeography .

As an aid to chronology , he published his standard work Cronologia e Calendario Perpetuo in 1906 , which reached numerous editions and arrangements.

Publications

  • Lexicon Abbreviaturarum. Dizionario di Abbreviature latine ed italiane. Hoepli, Milan 1899 (= Manuali Hoepli ); 2nd, revised edition ibid. 1912, 3rd, corrected edition 1929, 4th edition, as an anastatic reprint with nine further plates, 1949, also 5th edition in 1954, also 6th edition (since 1961 with numerous impressions until 2008). An extended revision by Mario Geymonat was published in 2011 as the 7th edition; continuous ISBN 88-203-1100-3 . German editions Leipzig 1901 and 1928.
  • Cronologia e Calendario Perpetuo , Milan: Hoepli 1st edition 1906, 7th expanded edition 1998 under the title Cronologia, cronografia e calendario perpetuo. Dal principio dell 'èra christiana ai nostri giorni. Tavole cronologico-sincrone e quadri sinottici per verificare le date storiche.

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Remarks

  1. ^ Adriano Capelli: Cronologia, cronografia e calendario perpetuo. Milan, 7th edition 1998, foreword chap. 5 no page number
  2. ↑ Ludwig Traube: Paläographische Werbung II. In: Kleine Schriften , München 1920, p. 222-229 (lectures and treatises 3), first published in the Neue Archiv 26 (1900), p. 232-240, online
  3. ↑ Auguste Pelzer: Abréviations latines médiévales: Supplément au 'Dizionario di abbreviature latine ed italiane' de Adriano Cappelli. 2nd edition Löwen and Paris 1966.
personal data
SURNAME Cappelli, Adriano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian archivist and palaeographer (Parma State Archives)
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Modena
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 1942
Place of death Vigatto , now part of Parma