La tentation de Byzance. Réflexions sur les inscriptions byzantines vues de la Latinité

Vincent Debiais (1)

1 CESCM [Poitiers] - Centre d'études supérieures de civilisation médiévale [UMR 7302]

As its title indicates, the following short paper does not aim to oppose Latin and Byzantine inscriptions. On the contrary, it would like to highlight some common features of epigraphic practices across medieval Europe, and to erase the artificial separations established by scholarly traditions during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Nor does it aim to promote the existence of an epi-graphic koinè throughout the continent without taking into account the linguistic, social and religious specificities of both the Western Middle Ages and Byzantium. This paper however intends to underline the need for methodological collaborations and the importance of an intellectual dialogue among Latin and Byzantine epigraphists in order to highlight the richness and specificities of epigraphic practices in the large and long context of medieval written culture.

Mots clés: épigraphie; inscriptions byzantines; inscriptions latines; Moyen Âge

Domaines: Histoire; Art et histoire de l'art; Littératures; Religions

Vincent Debiais. La tentation de Byzance. Réflexions sur les inscriptions byzantines vues de la Latinité. Andreas Rhoby. Inscriptions in Byzantium and Beyond. Methods – Projects – Case Studies , 38, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, pp.39-49, 2015, Veröffentlichung zur Byzanzforschung, 978-3-7001-7674-9 / 978-3-7001-7806-4. ⟨halshs-01146873⟩