A friend of mine recently asked me if the categorization of Epona artifacts used on Epona.net was original to Nantonos and I. The short answer is that, no, every author who has studied Epona artifacts has created their own categories. It’s like organizing a pantry: each cook has a different way of arranging cans so they make the most sense to that cook. Nantonos did the majority of the analysis on the artifacts...
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1895 catalog of Epona artifacts available at BNF
When I’m doing heavy research, I use JSTOR, Library of Congress, and the Bibliotheque Nationale de France (BNF). The BNF is a great resource. If you haven’t been to the library’s site, go visit. Imagine my surprise (and great delight!) to discover that they have an electronic copy of Salomon Reinach’s Epona, La Deesse Gauloise des Chevaux. Not only is the whole book available online, you can embed a copy of if on...
Continue reading...Back from vacation; Research update
Sorry it’s been a while since I’ve written a real post (that wasn’t an article snippet or a copy of a joke). My coauthor was in town for a week, so I wasn’t on here much. We spent a lot of time at UNC’s Davis Library Epigraphy Room. What a wonderful resource! The Epigraphy Room has complete sets of two of the sources we rely on for inscriptions: L’Année épigraphique and Corpus Inscriptionum...
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What are the implications of writing for another blog?
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