Leiden Conventions

The Leyden bracket system is a 1931 agreed plan at the International Congress of Orientalists in Leiden system for the uniform edition of epigraphic texts (ie, texts that were originally present in the form of inscriptions and be reproduced in printed form ).

Due to the placement of the text with certain brackets and other characters ( Sigla ) should be out the characteristics of the original inscription, knowledge of which is sometimes of vital importance in the study and understanding of a text, as well as the assessment of the source of moderate value and its scientific positioning.

The Leyden clamp system is now the generally related system in the scientific publication of ancient inscriptions (eg, the Res Gestae Divi Augusti ). Important Verlag editions, using the Leiden clamp system, include the Loeb Classical Library, the collection of Tusculum, the Collection of Universités de France and the Bibliotheca Teubneriana.

Overview of the most important Sigla

When using older editions inscription is important to note that there are some parenthesis character can have a different meaning; so can <...> mean a redemption by the issuer, (...), a correction of the publisher.