A class can be used to describe the portion of the surface of the arch reserved by the Writing Field builders and appositely arranged for accommodating the inscription in order to highlight it from the other parts of the object and to enhance its readability. Thus, the CRMtex encoding in this case will include two s instances. The intellectual message to be conveyed ( is encoded by means of a language Symbolic Object) ( and by means of the writing system this language uses. From this follows that the Language) Written class is the concrete graphical manifestation (i.e. the signs in this case the letters we can read Text – – on the stone) of the conceptual level of encoding a linguistic expression through the semiotic activity of writing ( by means of a (in this case, Latin alphabet) and of the graphemes ( Writing) Writing System composing it. Symbolic Object) Over the centuries, the arch of Constantine has been investigated thousands of times by scholars from all over the world and also reproduced by famous illustrators such as Giovan Battista Piranesi. Also, the inscriptions have been studied and transcribed several times in order to understand its nature, clarify the meaning of each section and improve its historical comprehension so as to put it in direct relation with the events that determined its creation. For this type of activity, at studying and processing the inscribed text, CRMtex provides specific classes and properties. The transcription of the text(s) present in (CIL Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum VI 1139), for instance, can be represented via the class while the analysis of the same Transcription inscription(s), carried out by Rodolfo Lanciani in 1892, can be documented using the class, a Reading subclass of the CRMsci class, underlying the scientific nature of the investigation. Observation Reading () and transcription () activities can be related via the property, inherited has specific purpose by CIDOC CRM core. The class can be used to highlight specific portions of text on which the study Written Text Fragment focuses, on which specific phenomena appear or from which it is possible to derive special meanings. Figure 4 shows a CRMtex conceptualisation of one of the inscriptions on the Arch of Constantine. Figure 4: CRMtex encoding of one of the inscriptions on the Arch of Constantine.
A Writing Field class can be used to describe the portion of the surface of the arch reserved by the builders and appositely arranged for accommodating the inscription in order to highlight it from the other parts of the object and to enhance its readability. Thus, the CRMtex encoding in this case will include two s instances. The intellectual message to be conveyed ( Symbolic Object) is encoded by means of a language ( Language) and by means of the writing system this language uses. From this follows that the Written Text class is the concrete graphical manifestation (i.e. the signs – in this case the letters – we can read on the stone) of the conceptual level of encoding a linguistic expression through the semiotic activity of writing ( Writing) by means of a Writing System (in this case, Latin alphabet) and of the graphemes ( Symbolic Object) composing it. Over the centuries, the arch of Constantine has been investigated thousands of times by scholars from all over the world and also reproduced by famous illustrators such as Giovan Battista Piranesi. Also, the inscriptions have been studied and transcribed several times in order to understand its nature, clarify the meaning of each section and improve its historical comprehension so as to put it in direct relation with the events that determined its creation. For this type of activity, at studying and processing the inscribed text, CRMtex provides specific classes and properties. The transcription of the text(s) present in Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (CIL VI 1139), for instance, can be represented via the Transcription class while the analysis of the same inscription(s), carried out by Rodolfo Lanciani in 1892, can be documented using the Reading class, a subclass of the CRMsci Observation class, underlying the scientific nature of the investigation. Reading () and transcription () activities can be related via the has specific purpose property, inherited by CIDOC CRM core. The Written Text Fragment class can be used to highlight specific portions of text on which the study focuses, on which specific phenomena appear or from which it is possible to derive special meanings. Figure 4 shows a CRMtex conceptualisation of one of the inscriptions on the Arch of Constantine. Figure 4: CRMtex encoding of one of the inscriptions on the Arch of Constantine.
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