The aim of this paper is to detect the main characteristics of the Venetian epigraphic production in Cyprus. During the entire Venetian rule, many commemorative epigraphs —public or private— publicized the actions and the image of the Venetian Republic to the local people and also to the merchants and voyagers passing through the island. Thanks to formal and textual analysis, it is possible to retrace the “marketing strategy” used by the Venice Republic to promote a strong, winning image of its reign, using a new kind of script associated with the figure of the lion and following a model already tested in the City of Venice. The palaeographic form of the letters, the texts, the decoration, and the collocation are some of the epigraphic aspects we considered to point out the distinction between French and Venetian inscriptions and the formation of a new political identity through this kind of source.

Latin Commemorative Epigraphs in Venetian Cyprus: Preliminary Considerations

TRENTIN, Mia
2015-01-01

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The aim of this paper is to detect the main characteristics of the Venetian epigraphic production in Cyprus. During the entire Venetian rule, many commemorative epigraphs —public or private— publicized the actions and the image of the Venetian Republic to the local people and also to the merchants and voyagers passing through the island. Thanks to formal and textual analysis, it is possible to retrace the “marketing strategy” used by the Venice Republic to promote a strong, winning image of its reign, using a new kind of script associated with the figure of the lion and following a model already tested in the City of Venice. The palaeographic form of the letters, the texts, the decoration, and the collocation are some of the epigraphic aspects we considered to point out the distinction between French and Venetian inscriptions and the formation of a new political identity through this kind of source.
2015
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