Daniele FERRAIUOLO

Daniele Ferraiuolo is a researcher in Paleography (M-STO/09) in the Department of Humanities. Graduated in Archaeology with a thesis in Medieval Epigraphy, he received his PhD in 'Textual Sciences. Edition, Analysis, Reading and Communication (Book Science Section)' at the University of Siena. 

In the years 2021-2022 he was Marie-Curie Research Fellow at the Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes in Paris, with the research project 'Tracing the model of Carolingian royal devotion. From texts to the materiality of sacred spaces in Saint-Médard of Soissons'. 

In 2010 he received the 'Ottone d'Assia and Riccardo Francovich Prize' with the work 'Tra canone e innovazione. Lavorazione delle epigrafi nella Langobardia Minor (VIII-X sec.)'. He is responsible for the analysis and edition of medieval inscriptions (6th-12th centuries), as regards the monastery of Montecassino (FR) and the city of Pavia and its territory, within the project 'Inscriptiones Medii Aevi Italiae' coordinated by the Centro Italiano di Studi sull'Alto Medioevo in Spoleto.

His research interests mainly focus on Medieval Epigraphy and on the connections between epigraphic and book writings between Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. He is also interested in the study of inscriptions in their material dimension and in the relationships between inscription and space. To this theme he dedicated the Conference, of which he was scientific coordinator, 'La dimensione spaziale della scrittura esposta in età medievale. Discipline a confronto' (Naples, December 14-16, 2020).  

The research project in which he is currently engaged at Ca' Foscari, entitled 'InSigno - Inscriptions and Signs as devotional markers along the routes Of faith (7th-11th centuries)', analyzes the main types of devotional markers located at shrines along the pilgrimage routes of Italy and France between the 7th and 11th centuries. The goal is to develop the first survey of this type of testimonies and to begin the construction of a long-term Digital Archive. With a multidisciplinary interpretation, this project aims to examine several types of sources to reconstruct the markers' visual perception bearing in mind the conditions of the environment and the context of reference.