The international conference hosted by the Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History and the Società Nazionale di Scienze, Lettere e Arti in Napoli, entitled Writing on tombs. Narratives, Rules, Inscriptions in Medieval and Early Modern Times will be held from 13 to 14 June 2022, in Rome and Naples. The conference is based on the scientific concept of Vinni Lucherini, Tanja Michalsky and Diego Carnevale.  Pál Lővei, scientific advisor of the Institute of Art History will present his paper: "Verses and Fragments – Some Inscriptions on Medieval Funerary Monuments in Hungary."

Caption: Tino di Camaino and Gagliardo Primario, Funerary monument of Mary of Hungary (d. 1323), detail of the epigraph.

Naples, church of Santa Maria Donnaregina Vecchia (photo: Pál Lővei)